Spencer Fullerton Baird Bird Prints for Sale

Spencer Fullerton Baird
Birds of Western US
baird portrait

The hand-colored lithographic plates below are by Spencer F. Baird and cut from his chapter on "Birds of the Boundary," which appeared in Colonel William H. Emory's classic Report on the United States-Mexician Boundary Survey, Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior, etc., published in Washington, 1857-59. Undertaken in response to the Gadsen Purchase, this important expedition reported on the people, topography, and biology of the American Southwest. The boundary, as then surveyed, has remained intact, with only minor alterations, for the last 150 years. (See also William H. Emory ).

These plates are printed on sturdy, very white paper. Lithography & coloring by
J. T. Bowen , Philadelphia

Size: 8.5 x 11 inches

Appointed Assistant Secretary of the National Museum (Smithsonian Institute) in 1850 and then secretary in 1878, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was a major figure in American ornithology and is responsible for greatly expanding the museum's holdings in natural history. At Baird's insistence, the various governmental exploring expeditions, primarily concerned with geographical studies, agreed to include zoological components. Among Baird's many writings is the History of North American Birds (with Thomas Brewer and Robert Ridgway ), published in 1874-75 and long considered a standard reference work.

jcorwin@classicnatureprints	Name	Price	Condition
BRD-02	Trogon mexicanus	Sold	Excellent
BRD-04	Centurus flaviventris	75.00	Excellent
BRD-03	Picus scalaris Picus nuttallii	75.00	Excellent
BRD-07	Ceryle americana	75.00	Excellent
BRD-05	Selasphorus platycercus Trochilus alexandri	65.00	Excellent
BRD-09	Pachyrhamphus aglaiae Bathmidurus major Myarchus lawrencii	65.00	Excellent
BRD-10	Tyrannus vociferans	Sold	Excellent
BRD-11	Tyrannus couchii Tyrannus melancholicus Empidonax obscurus	Sold	Excellent
BRD-18	Cyanoloxia parellina Spiza versicolor	65.00	Excellent
BRD-16	Chrysomitris mexicanus Spermophila morelettii	65.00	Excellent
BRD-21	Woodhouse's Jay Cyanocitta woodhousei	65.00	Excellent
BRD-22	Cyanocitta sordida Cyanocitta ultramarina	65.00	Excellent
BRD-24	Ortyx texanus	70.00	Excellent
BRD-06	Chordeiles texensis	60.00	Excellent
BRD-25	Dendrocygna autumnalis	75.00	Excellent
BRD-14	Toxostoma longirostris	65.00	Excellent
BRD-13	Toxostoma curvirostris	65.00	Excellent
BRD-19	Icterus parisorum Icterus wagleri	75.00	Excellent +
BRD-15	Luphophanes wollweberi Aegithalus flaviceps Psaltriparus malanotis	65.00	Excellent +

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