4 Volumes. Hundreds of illustrations including color plates after watercolors and photogravures and duotone plates. Artists and photographers include Donald R. Dickey, Wright M. Pierce, Wm. L. Finley, the author, Major Allan Brooks & others. 12¼x9, original boards, paper cover & spine labels, top edges gilt. No. 32 of 350 copies of the Large Paper Edition, De Luxe, signed by Dawson.

The most desirable edition of Dawson's massive work on California ornithology. Plates not counted, one at least excised, but generally appears intact.