Oberholser Harry (284 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 4pp. Removed from PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOLUME 64, 1925. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. VG. In report covers. From the report: " Dr. W.L. Abbott, in the course of his East Indian journeys, twice visited Karimata Island-August 16 to September 4, 1904, and October 4 to 7, 1908-on one of those occasions touching also on Pulo Serutu. Although most of his time was devoted to the collection of other objects, he succeeded in obtaining 11 specimens representing 10 species of birds, some of which prove to be of considerable interest.".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. pp11-20. Removed from SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, VOLUME 42, 1912. Bottom corners of first three leaves missing, with loss of three or four numbers on a chart on one page, else VG. In plastic report covers. From the introduction: "During the five years that have elapsed since the writer's revision of the genus Collocalia appeared, the United States National Museum has acquired considerable additional material in this group. These specimens show that there are several more forms of Collocalia fuciphaga worthy of recognition, and that, in consequence, the ranges and characters of other races are more or less in need of readjustment. The following synopsis of the subspecies of Collacalia fuciphaga will, therefore, take the place of the one previously published.".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. pp355-366. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1919. VG. In plastic report covers. The author describes the bird species that inhabit the area known as the Great Basin, the great desert region of the United States.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. pp529-577, tables. Removed from SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, VOLUME 42, 1912. VG. In plastic report covers. From the introduction: "The following revision of the forms of Butorides virescens (Linnaeus) was undertaken at the instance of Mr. H.W. Henshaw, Chief of the Biological Survey. Its purpose is to clear away, as far as the present material will permit, the confusion now existing with regard to the relationships and distribution of the various races, and thus to assist in preparing the way for a bulletin on the migration and distribution of North American herons, now in course of preparation by Prof. W.W. Cooke and soon to appear as a publication of the Biological Survey.".

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 7pp extract, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, Volume 49. In report covers.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 3pp extract, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, Volume XXVII, Smithsonian Institution. Housed in mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 25pp extract, tables, map, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, Volume 55. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 8pp extract, tables, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, Volume 55. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 24pp extract, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, Volume 54. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 114pp extract, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, Volume XXVIII.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 12pp extract, plus 1 plate showing "too-too" birds, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, Volume XXII. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Wooster Book Co. January 1999 Binding: Trade Paperback vg+.

Condition: Good; sm. tear in spine. Wraps; 6p.; reprint from The Auk, Vol XIX, No. 2.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.TRADE PAPERBACK ORIGINAL EDITION.NO HARDCOVER PRINTED. .binding is solid. NOT EX LIBRARY.text unmarked.binding is solid. corners bumped. name and sticker on fep.somewhat soiled covers.

Condition: New.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ohio; Birds; Natural History & Resources. ISBN: 1888683961. ISBN/EAN: 9781888683967. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 23837.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THE NORTH AMERICAN EAGLES AND THEIR ECONOMIC RELATIONS (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Biological Survey Bulletin No. 27), Harry C. Oberholser, softcover, illustrated with two B/W drawings and two maps, 1906. ITEM CONDITION: very good. The text block and illustrations are in very good condition with no tears, marks, or dog-ears. Pages are age-toned. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a remainder or library item. The wraps are in good condition (number written in ink on front cover, age-toned). 9 x 6, 31 pages, 8 ounces XX Harry C. Oberholser was assistant ornithologist from the Biological Survey. [From a 1968 In Memoriam] The era of purely descriptive ornithology in North America is definitely on the wane. In its heyday, among the most active and perceptive of the describers and classifiers was Harry Church Oberholser. Certainly few ornithologists had the extraordinarily keen perception of minute morphological differences and their geographical correlation that this man demonstrated. His ability to remember these differences and to notice them in specimens long afterward, and far from his comparative series, was nothing short of phenomenal. His idol was Robert Ridgway, noted taxonomic ornithologist of the United States National Museum, with whom he was closely associated for 34 years while studying the collections of that museum. Oberholser was a member of 40 scientific and conservation societies throughout the world, and this greatly enhanced the acquisition of publications for his extensive private library, which he eventually sold to the University of Illinois. Most ornithologists knew him as a tall, gangling figure with a fantastic memory for geographical variation and a marked propensity for taxonomic splitting. These characteristics resulted in his naming 11 new families and subfamilies, 99 genera and subgenera, and 560 species and subspecies of birds from many parts of the world. Harry Oberholser was born in Brooklyn, New York, June 25, 1870, the son of Jacob and Lavera Oberholser. He was of Swiss and French German-English extraction. He entered Columbia University, but he had to leave at the age of 20 because of bad health. He then went to work in his father's dry goods store in Wooster, Ohio, where he stayed for four years until his appointment to a government post in 1895. During that period he obtained information for his first ornithological paper, A preliminary list of the birds of Wayne County, Ohio, which appeared in the Bulletin Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in 1896. Later while working for the government, he completed his education at George Washington University where he received the Ph.D. degree in 1916.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Tables (illustrator). Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 159. Copyright Date: 1932 Sm Quarto, , PP.137,

Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st edition. Ex-library in buckram. A sturdy copy. Good Condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: ornithology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16493.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Smithsonian, 1937. Vol. 84, No. 3018, p313 - 353. Wraps. Very Good.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 50, April, 1933, pp. 159-173+ Photo Plt, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, else VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 30, No 1469, pp. 801-811, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 27, No 1352, pp. 177-192, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 27, No 1354, pp. 197-210+ Illus Plt, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bull 86, 123 pp.+ 6 Illus Illus Plts & Maps, Orig Tan Paperback, ex lib withdrawn stamp F cover else little hurt, VG, 1st ed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bull 159, 137 pp., Orig Tan Paperback, namestamp on coverr else little hurt, VG with uncut pp., 1st ed.

Paperback. Condition: Good Solid Ex. Library. B & W Maps, Text Figures (illustrator). Copyright Date: 1914 Sm Quarto, , PP.121, United States Nationa Museum Bulletin 86.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 41, No 1847, pp. 139-159+ Foldout Map, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Misc Collection Vol 3, Pt 2, pp. 149-172, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.