Large Birds

New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1886. Very good. Short tears, light dust soiling, wrappers damaged.. An attractively illustrated book on large birds for new readers published by McLoughlin as a part of their "Bird and Animal Series" for children. Includes six (6) full-page in-text illustrations depicting different categories of birds, which are discussed in their own sections. The categories are: ducks and swans; web-footed birds; birds of prey; parrots and their cousins; running birds; and long-legs and queer-bills. Includes the Warbling Grass Parroquet found among the grass lands of Australia. Single vol. (10.75" by 8.5"), pp. [16], illus., in original illus. self. wrps with illustration of ostriches on front, parrot on back.