Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Acertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Vol. X. Zoology.

1859 16, xiv, 2, 400, 27, 64, 24, [8], 97, 13 p., 122 (28 hand-coloured) plates, roy. 4to, original embossed cloth. Two plates (fishes) browned, several plates with slight marginal foxing (a few in the mammal section somewhat more foxed), the hand coloured bird plates clean.Includes the following parts: Baird, Reptiles (34 pls), Girard, Fishes (51 pls), Baird, Mammals (9 pls), Baird, Birds (28 col. pls). The most sought after volume in this series with important and beautifully illustrated contributions to Herpetology, Ichthyology and Ornithology. A complete copy in the original binding in good condition which is rare as it is a large volume.