Anomalous Cuckoo-Roller (Leptosoma discolor) Hand-Colored Plate being the first book on

being the first book on the classification of birds without respect to geographical boundaries

Publisher’s original olive green cloth

According to Casey Wood

spine with six raised bands lettered by hand in the second compartment

Gordon worked for the United States Geological Survey for 40 years

Anomalous Cuckoo-Roller (Leptosoma discolor) Hand-Colored Plate being the first book onHand colored plate, approximately 11. 25 inches by 15 inches. From H. E. Dresser, A Monograph of the Coraciidae, or Family of the Rollers, lithographer J. G. Keulemans. Image depicts an anomalous cuckoo roller or courol (Leptosoma discolor, now Leptosomus discolor). Publisher by the Author Publisher Place Farnborough, Kent Date Published 1893 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition