The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, Or Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of That Country
The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, Or Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of That Country
The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, Or Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of That Country
The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, Or Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of That Country

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The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, Or Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of That Country

KING, W. Ross

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Observations of animal life in Canada made during a three year residence. Interesting topics include: the decrease of carnivores such as black bears; the variety of hares in North America and how to tell them from rabbits; moose compared to elk; caribou compared to reindeer; eagles and hawks; passenger pigeons; the extraordinary quantity of wild fowl; the fisheries of Canada. TPL 6220. Lande 1886. Sabin 37857.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: Hurst and Blackett
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Date Published: 1866
  • Place Published: London
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    xv, 334 p. 28 cm. 6 full-page chromolithographic plates featuring wild turkey, prairie hen, the Canada and ruffed grouse, white fish, masq'allongé, and black basse. 13 b&w wood engravings within text, including "eel spearing." Original green cloth with gold print and moose. Respined with original spine overlaid. Some stains and wrinkling to cloth. Dampstained endpapers. A few rough page edges. Thumbing to rear of White Fish plate and p. 240.

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