Ornithology
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Wilson, Copper plates
Engraved copper plates from which 10 of the illustrations of Wilson's American Ornithology were printed, namely pls. 1-5, 7-9 of vol. 1 and pls. 10-11 of v. 2. 26 x 33 cm. These were engraved by Alexander Lawson and are accompanied by a carbon of the letter of appreciation of the Academy to the donor.
Arthur Cleveland Bent Correspondence to Witmer Stone
Collection of letters written from Bent to Witmer Stone, concerning ornithological topics.
Christian Ludwig Nitzsch, "Zoologie"
German zoologist, whose main intereste lay in entomology and ornithology. This volume of 320 pages deals mainly with classification and general information about vertebrates, shells and insects, including fossil forms.
Copper plate for printing from John James Audubon's Birds of America (London, 1824-1838): Plate 196 "Labrador Falcon" or Gyrfalcon
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club records
Dinosaurs
This collection contains files transferred from the Communications Department pertaining to each scientific department, including reprints and press releases. Folder 2 contains reprints of various accounts of the Academy's history.