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Your search for Birds and Bugs has returned 108 results. Anouncement: The First Annual Auction Sale of Lepidoptera Will be Held at No. 104 West 61st street, New York City, Saturday January 25th 1896....(cover title)  R. Ottolengui.  New York.  1896.  Stapled wrappers, with spine rusted through were stapes were. Some soiling to front and back cover. An auction catalog in which "three hundred species will be offered, of which more than 20 have been described since the publication of Smith's Check List." No prices realized list. 13 pages.   Condition: Good.  Butterflies. Auction Catalogs.  (Book ID 7815)  $37.50 Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 5, September, 1886 (cover title)  California Academy of Sciences.  No City.  1886.  Illustrated Wrappers.  Sutro Library book plate affixed to inside front cover. 92-page booklet with weather maps. Page edges are uncut. Some unopened pages. Contents include: Revision of the California Species of Lithocharis and Allied Genera, Thos. L. Casey; Studies in the Botany of California and Parts Adjacent, IV, Edward Lee Greene -- 1. On Some Chicoriaceous Compositae, 2. Some Species of Euphorbia -- Anisophyllum, 3. New Polypetalae; A New Species of Californian Coleoptera, J. J. Rivers; Contributions to the Larval History of Pacific Coast Coleoptera, J. J. Rivers; Notes on Saturn, Geo. Davidson; Weather Types on the Pacific Coast, W. A. Glassford; Transits of the II and III Satellites of Jupiter, Geo. Davidson; The Annular Solar Eclipse of March 5, 1886, Geo. Davidson.   Lithocharis. Euphorbia. Herb. Spurge Family. Coleoptera. Insects. Beetles. Weevils. Saturn. Weather. Jupiter. Solar Eclipse.  (Book ID 4278)  $10.00 Origianl Stereocard Photograph. "Millions of South African Gannets Near Capetown, So.Afr."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 11994 (583). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about a colony of gannets, their migrations north and south, and the fishing methods on herrings. Photo of a vast colony of gannets in South Africa. Clean copy with left photo somewhat darker.   Condition: Very Good.  Gannets, Birds, Capetown, South Africa. DK-7  (Book ID 9374)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "A Nightingale on Its Sheltered Nest."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 21200 (359). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the bird, its habits and poetry by Keats. Photo taken in England of the Nightingale sitting on the nest among folage. Evidence of a fold down the middle.   Condition: Good.  Nightingale, Birds. DK-5  (Book ID 9253)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Feeding Mulberry Leaves to the Young Silk Worms, Japan."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 14748 (538). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the feeding room stage during a 30 day period when the worms are feed six times a day mulberry leaves before the worms pass into the chrysalis period. View of a Japanese lady feeding the silk worms on a try with mulberry leaves with racks of trays in the background. Nice clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Silk Worms, Japan. DK-7  (Book ID 9323)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Silk Worm Concons in Their Nests - The Silent Toilers Have Finished Their Spinning and the Cocoons Ar Ready for the Silk Manufacturer, Japan."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 14750 (539). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the third stage of silk production when the silk worm has finished eating and begins to spin its cocoon of silk threads which are a quarter mile long or more and then begins to change into a moth. Nice image of the cocoons with straw placed over the silk worms and the cocoons formed. Clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Silk Worms, Japan. DK-7  (Book ID 9327)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Silkworm Incubator, Japan."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 14746 (536). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the egg stage of silkworm production which lasts about ten days. View of a two story incubator in which the young eggs are placed and heated till hatching being tended by to people in native dress. Nice clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Silkworms, Japan. DK-7  (Book ID 9324)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Tower of London, London, England."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 2111 (349). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the history of the tower from William the Conqueror through today. It held the high prisoners like Sir Walter Raleigh among others and is now home to the royal jewels and 'beefeaters' costumes. ca.1912.   Condition: Fine.  Tower of London, London, England. DK-7  (Book ID 9398)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "White Leghorn Hens on Egg Farm, Bound Brook, N.J."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 16717 (56). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 ionch) with commentary on the backside about the production of chickens and eggs in the United States ca.1916. Photo of the inside of a poultry barn with chickens feeding on different levels, in the days before corporate farming and all the animals caged and machine feed. Fine clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Chickens, Farming. DK-9  (Book ID 9522)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Woodcock in Nest."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 7965 (72). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the bird, its habits and camouflage techniques. View of the bird in among sticks and leaves. Nice clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Woodcock, Birds. DK-5  (Book ID 9254)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph: "Just Out--Baby Ostriches on the Cawaton Ostrich Farm, California."  Keystone View Company.  3 1/4 x 7 inches. Numbered 239-13528 by the publisher. Shows a young boy and girl with baby ostriches on a table in front and full grown ostriches in a pen behind. The Cawaton Ostrich Farm was located in South Pasadena. Circa 1915. Two columns of text on back discussing ostriches, where they are from and where they are raised and their commercial possibilities.   Condition: Fine.  Southern California Photography. Tac-1  (Book ID 8168)  $25.00 Original Stereocard Phtotograph. "Feedng Time at the Pigeon Farm, Los Angeles, Calif"  B.W. Kilburn.  Littleton, N.H..  1907.  #17038. Stereograph on tan board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with title on the bottom and publlisher across the backside. Image of someone feeding the pigeons in front of a small building with the birds landing to be feed. Clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Los Angeles, Pigeons. DK-63  (Book ID 11271)  $25.00 S.C. & J.P. Watts' Circular and Price-List of Chaff and Simplicity Bee-Hives and Bee-Keeper's Supplies in General.  S.C. & J.P. Watts.  Murray, Pennsylvania.  1885.  Fold out advertisement folder (16 x5 1/4 inch) folds down to (3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch) with title on the cover. Bee-Keeping supply catalog with some illustrations and a price listing. Very good clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  bee-Keeping, Bees. DK-105  (Book ID 12192)  $25.00 The Museum of Birds.  Kiggins & Kellogg.  New York.  No date. ca. 1850s? 8 pages, illustrations of the owl, quail, dove, robin, sparrow, and crane, printed wrapper, small booklet measuring 3 1/4 x 2". Very good, paper darkened, no chipping or creasing.   Natural History; Birds  (Book ID 6142)  $25.00 Twenty-Fourth Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut, 1924.  Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.  New Haven, Connecticut.  1925.  "Bulletin 265 (March 1925)". Pages 222-344; plates (19), tables, drawings, maps; index; bound in green paper wrapper (5 3/4 x 9 inch). Annual report of the state entomologist giving the years fiscal report, attempts at controling pests in the agricultural crops, and public pests such as beetle infestations, mosquito control, and a series of lesser insect pests within the state of Connecticut. Clean copy with former owner's name Calvert E. Norland written on the cover and title page in ink.   Condition: Very Good.  Connecticut, Entomolgy, Pest Control. DK-76  (Book ID 11569)  $15.00 (Budgen, L. M.)  Episodes of Insect Life. By Acheta Domestica, M.E.S.  J. S. Redfield.  New York.  1851.  First American Edition.  Three volumes, first, second and third series, xvi, 320; xiv, 326; xv, 432 (+6) pages, black and white illustrations, index, green cloth with elaborate gilt and blind decorations of all sorts of bugs - bees, beetles, moths, grasshoppers, spiders, and books, 8.5 x 6". Bindings just a little edge worn and faded, still quite a nice set.   Bugs. Science.  (Book ID 6750)  $300.00 1. Swarth, Harry S. 2. Swarth, Harry S. 3. Bailey, Florence M.  1. A Distributional List of the Birds of Arizona. 2. Birds of the Huachuca Mountains. 3. Birds Recorded from the Santa Rita Mountains in Souther Arizona  Cooper Ornithological Club.  Three items bound together in handsome red leather with raised bands and gilt tooling and lettering. 1. Published in 1914. Hollywood, CA. Number 10 of the series Pacific Coast Avifauna. Edited by the author and Joseph Grinnell. 133 pages, including index. 2. 1904. Los Angeles. Number 4, Pacific Coast Avifauna. 70 pages, including index. 3. 1923. Berkeley, CA. Number 15, Pacific Coast Avifauna. 60 pages.   Condition: Fine.  Southwestern Natural History.  (Book ID 7935)  $100.00 Aczel, Martin L.  Fruit Flies of the Genus Tomoplagia Coquillett (Diptera, Tephritidae).  Smithsonain Institution.  Washington, D. C..  1955.  #3343 - From the Proceedings of the United States Natinal Museum. Vol. 104, pages 321-411. Uncut seperate in gray-green wrapper with plates. Former owner's name on cover "C. Ellaland" in ink. The writer describes 15 new and 12 already (1955) existing species of fruit flies.   Condition: Fine.  Tomoplagia Coquillett, Fruit Flies. DK-14  (Book ID 9705)  $15.00 Aldrich, J. M.  Descriptions of New and Little Known Diptera or two-winged Flies.  Govenment Printing Office.  Washington, D. C..  1926.  From the PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 69 Article 22. Pages 1-26; wrapper. Description of new genera and species, with notes of some previously described froms. Former owner's name in ink on cover "Calvert E. Norland".   Condition: Fine.  Flies, Diptera, Pests. DK-17  (Book ID 9868)  $15.00 Aldrich, J. M.  New Diptera, or Two-Winged Flies from America, Asia, and Java with Additional Notes.  Smithsonian Institution.  Washington, D. C..  1932.  # 2932 - From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 81, Art. 9, pages 1-28, 1 plate. Seperate in gray wrapper with former owner's stamp on cover "San Diego State College". Paper describes 4 new genera, 13 new species, and a new variety of Diptera.   Condition: Fine.  Diptera, Flies. DK-14  (Book ID 9702)  $15.00 Aldrich, J. M.  Records of Dipterous Insects of the Family Tachinidae Reared By the Late George Dimmock, with Description of One New Species and Notes on the Genus Anetia Robineau-Devoidy.  Smithsonian Institution.  Washington, D. C..  1932.  # 2920 - From the Proceedings of the Unted States National Museum, Vo. 80, Art. 20, pages 1-8. Seperate in gray wrapper. Former owner's stamp on cover "San Diego State College".Title describes content of article.   Condition: Fine.  Tachinidae, George Dimmock, Insects. DK-14  (Book ID 9698)  $15.00 Aldrich, J. M.  Revision of the Two-Winged Flies of the Genus Coelopa Meigen in North America (cover title)  Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum.  Washington, D. C..  Illustrated Wrappers.  Circa 1930. No. 2808. -- From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum Vol. 76, Art. 11, pp. 1-6. Ink notation front cover. Unopened pages. From page 1: "The present revision has been prepared as the result of recent correspondence with Mr. J. E. Collin, of Newmarket, England, who has furnished information relating to synonomy and has also supplied the Museum with determined European specimens; from his data and the specimens it appears that the North American members of the genus have been misidentified to a large extent. Two species from the Bering Sea region, formerly considered to be identical with European forms, are here described as new".   Flying Insects. Bugs.  (Book ID 3990)  $10.00 Bailey, Stanley F.  The Biology of the Bean Thrips.  Hilgardia, A Journal of Agricultural Science..  Berkely, California.  1933.  HILGARDIA, 7 (June 1933): 467-522, map, illustrations, tables, bibliography. Concerns the biological life of Bean thrips of the order Thysanoptera. Complete issue of Hilgardia. Former owner's name on the front cover 'Calvert E. Norland'.   Condition: Fine.  Thrips, Insects, Farming. DK-16  (Book ID 9823)  $15.00 Baker, Edward W., And A. Earl Pritchard.  A Guide to the Spider Mites of Cotton.  Hilgardia, A Journal of Agricultural Science..  Berkeley, California.  1953.  HILGARDIA, 22 (July 1953): 203-234, illustrations, bibliography. Complete issue devoted to Barer's article. "The present article contains information on all tetranychid mites known from forage crops in the United States and Canada except for Bryobia praetiosa."   Condition: Fine.  Cotton, Spider Mites, Pests, Farming. DK-18  (Book ID 9923)  $15.00 Ball, Alice E.  A Year with the Birds. 56 Colored Plates.  Gibbs & Van Vleck, Inc..  New York City, New York.  1916.  First Edition.  Illustrated by Robert Bruce Horsfall..  191 pages; 56 plates (complete); index; bound in full blue leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine (binding by James MacDonald Company, New York). Color plates accompanied by selected poetry about the birds illustrated. Handsome fine clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Ornithology, Birds, Poetry. DK-64  (Book ID 11293)  $100.00 Basinger, A.J.  The Orange Tortrix, Argyrotaenia Citrana.  California Agricultural Experiment Station.  Berkeley, California.  1938.  Reprinted from HILGARDIA, 11, Number 11 (September 1938). Pages 635-669; illustrations, tables, charts; bilbiography; paper wrapper. Former owner's stamp "Agricultural Extension Service - Santa Ana". Introduced from the Pacific Islands before 1885 to southern California, it has become a major pest to orange and citrus crops. Deals with the biology of the stages, seasonal activities, economic damage, other species that are companions, and attempts to control it.   Condition: Fine.  Citrus Fruit, Moths, Tortricidae, California. DK-14  (Book ID 9697)  $15.00 Bent, Arthur Cleveland  Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos and Their Allies ... Order Passeriformes  Smithsonian Institution.  Washington, D. C..  First Edition.  (1950). United States National Musuem Bulletin 197. Original gray-green wrappers. Copy of Seth Benson, with his signature and the date July 5, 19590 on front upper right hand corner. 48 photographic plates, complete. 411 pages, including index.   Condition: Fine.  (Book ID 8463)  $37.50 Bent, Arthur Cleveland  Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl; Order Anseres (Part)  Government Printing Office. 1925. Washington..  Wrappers. Illustrations. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 130. Some tearing to wrappers' edges. Some unopened pages. Page edges are uncut. The book describes the habits of the wide variety of wild fowl: courtshi p; ne sting; eggs; young; plumages; food; game; winter; breeding range; spring migration; etc.   ORNITHOLOGY. AVES. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS. NESTLINGS. Birds and Bugs  (Book ID 2460)  $37.50 Bessey, A.W.  Illustrated Catalog of Houdans.  Preess of Melvin & Murgotten..  San Jose, California.  circa.1915. [11] pages; illustrations; brown paper wrapper (4 1/2 x 8 1/4 inch) tied with a silk string. Issued by A.E. Beassey of Sunnyvale, California who was a breeder of Houdans, 15 eggs for five dollars. Houdans are a breed of chickens native to France, having a fancy crest with five toes, coming in two colors - white and mottled. They are kept for both eggs and meat and have a quick rate of maturation. An unusual booklet by Mr Bessey with illustrations of the stages of growth and brief comments. Fine clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Chickens, Houdans, Poultry, Stock Breeding. DK-109  (Book ID 12268)  $37.50 Bickerton, W.  The Baby Bird and Its Problems. With Ninety-Six Illustrations.  Methuen & Co., Ltd.  London, England.  1927.  First Edition.  xvi, 135 pages; illustrations; index; bound in green cloth with title and author imprinted on the cover, gilt letteing on the spine. An account by a leading orthonologist of juvenile birds and their growth before leavng the nest. Accompanied by illustrations. Some foxing to the front pages, otherwise a clean copy inside and out.   Condition: Very Good.  Nature Books, Bird Life, Zoology. DK-45  (Book ID 10863)  $17.50 Blackman, M.W.  The Black Hills Beetle (Dendroctonus Ponderosae Hopk.)  Syracuse University.  Syracuse, New York.  1931.  BULLETIN of the New York State college of Forestry, IV (November 1931): 77 pages; folding chart, 10 plates; gray paper wrapper with title on the cover. Historical and biological account of the Black Hills Beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopk.) and their devestation of the forests in the Dakotas. Fine clean copy. "D. Preston" stamped on the front cover, small fold to the lower right corner.   Condition: Fine.  Beetles, Dendroctonus, Forestry, Bugs. DK-82  (Book ID 11740)  $15.00 Brasher, Rex  Secrets of the Friendly Woods  The Century Co. (1926). New York..  First edition. Illustrated cloth. Illustrations by the author. Inscribed by the author: "To 'Johnni' Rue from Roy & Rex Brasher". The author writes about: Chickadee Valley; Who's Who in the Blue; Br'er Grouse; A Buffoon in Blue; Chuck Luck; Co ons o f Chestnut Caverns; Ghost of the Graylands; etc.   WILD FOWL. BIRDS. NESTLINGS. ORNITHOLOGY. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS. Birds and Bugs  (Book ID 2465)  $47.50 Britton, W.E.  Connecticut State Enthomologist Thirtieth Report, 1930.  Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.  New Haven, Connecticut.  1931.  "Bulletin 327 (April 1931)". Pages 452-582; plates (20), maps, illustrations, tables; bound in grey paper wrapper (5 3/4 x 9 inch). Report of the activities carried out by the Agricultural Station during 1930. Contains the fiscal report for the year, insect and pest control, inspection of nurseries, Gipsy Moth control, Asiatic Beetle control, Mosquito control, and a series of lesser reports of agricultural pests. Clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Connecticut, Entomology, Pest Control. DK-76  (Book ID 11571)  $15.00 Britton, W.E.  The White-Fly or Plant-House Aleyrodes.  Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station..  New Haven, Conn..  1902.  Bulletin 140, Entomological Series, 8. 17 pages; 4 plates; bilbiography. Concerned with infestation of white-flies in the production of tomatoes and cucumbers under glass. Covers the life history, habits, description, and remedies. Former owner's name in ink on cover 'Calvert E. Norland.'   Condition: Very Good.  White-Fly, Insects, Farming. DK-17  (Book ID 9858)  $15.00 Britton, W.E.  Twenty-Ninth Report , Connecticut State Entomologist, 1929.  Connecticut Agriclutural Experiment Station.  New Haven, Connecticut.  1930.  "Bulletin 315 (Apirl 1930)". Pages 481-620; plates (15), illustrations, tables, maps; index; bound in grey paper wrapper (5 3/4 x 9 inch). annual report for the state entomologist for Connecticut which includes fiscal statement, pest control for insects, and abaitment of mosquitos, beetles, and moths. Clean copy with former owner's name on the cover and title page, Calvert E. Norland.   Condition: Very Good.  Connecticut, Entomology, Pest Control. DK-76  (Book ID 11572)  $15.00 Britton, W.E.  Twenty-Sixth Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut, 1926.  Connecticut Agricultureal Experiment Station.  New Haven, Connecticut.  1927.  "Bulletin 285 (February 1927)". Pages 161-283; plates (XVI), maps, tables; index; green paper wrapper. State report for pest control for Connecticut during 1926 and expenses incurd. Includes inspections of nurseries, control of foreign pests, and ongoing control of Asiatic Beetle, Mosquito control, fruit moth control, etc. 'Calbert E. Norland' name written on the front cover. Clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Entomology, State Reports - Connecticut. DK-76  (Book ID 11568)  $15.00 Britton, W.E., And G.P. Clinton  Spray Bulletin.  Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station..  New Have, Conn..  1926.  Interesting Bulletin in the form of a calendar for the wall. Bulletin 271. Pages 93-140; illustrations. Folds out to hang on the wall with 1926-27 calendar along with the bulletin which contains directions for preparing insecticides and fungicides; insect and fungous pests of cultivated plants; listing of manufacturers and dealers in spray apparatus and supplies. A very handy and interesting information source. Former owners name in ink on the front cover "Calvert E. Norland."   Condition: Fine.  Farming, Gardening, Insects. DK-17  (Book ID 9857)  $15.00 Calvert, Philip P.  The Odonate Collections of The California Academy of Sciences from Baja California and Tepic, Mexico, of 1889-1894; No. 41  California Academy of Sciences.  No City.  1947.  Illustrated Wrappers.  Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 41, pp. 603-609. September 15, 1947. Unopened pages. Page edges uncut. Inked stamp imprint front cover. "From 1889 to November, 1894, expeditions of the California Academy of Sciences made collections of Odonata...totalling more than 3100 specimens. These were listed and described by me in two papers published in the Proceedings..." "...the disastrous fire of 1906 destroyed, as I understand, all the Odonate material which I had returned to the Academy". "In view of the probability that students of the Odonata may have assumed that all of these collections were destroyed, I have prepared the present paper to indicate for each species listed in the two papers of 1895 and 1899 (a) the total number of specimens originally listed, (b) the specimens now in the California Academy's possession, and (c) the duplicate specimens allotted to me..."   Predatory Insects. Long-Bodied. Dragon Flies. Damsel-Flies.  (Book ID 4337)  $10.00 Chapman, Frank M.  Bird Studies with a Camera; With Introductory Chapters on the Outfit and Methods of the Bird Photographer  D. Appleton and Company. 1900. New York..  First edition. Illustrated cloth. Illustrations. In the Introduction the author writes about -- what is bird photography and the scientific value and charm of bird photography. The Outfit and Methods of the Bird Photographer: camera, lens, blin ds, haunts, seasons, etc. Sections on: Bird Photography Begins at Home; Two Herons; Where Swallows Roost; Life on Pelican Island; etc.   WILD FOWL. NESTLINGS. AVES. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS. Birds and Bugs  (Book ID 2462)  $47.50 Chittenden, F. H. and W. A. Orton  How to Increase the Potato Crop By Spraying (cover title)  United States Department of Agriculture.  Washington.  1921.  Illustrated Wrappers.  Farmers' Bulletin 868. Illustrations. From the inside front cover: "This bulletin tells how to control the Colorado potato beetle and late-blight (the worst two enemies of the potato), blister beetles, flea-beetles, cutworms, and other caterpillars, leafhoppers, 'aphis' or plant-lice, early-blight, and other foliage diseases".   Potato Diseases. Potato Insects. Entomology. Insect Control. Insect Infestations. Crop Rotation.  (Book ID 4046)  $10.00 Chittenden, F.H.  New Species of North American Weevils of the Genus Lixus.  Smithsonian Institution.  Washington, D. C..  1930.  # 2841 - From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 77, Art. 18, pages 1-26, plate. Seperate in gray wrapper with former owner's stamp on cover "San Diego State College". A study of several collections of the genus Lixus inhabiting America north of Mexico, resulting in several species which the writer considers new, along with a few variants, which are all described.   Condition: Fine.  Weevils, Lixus. DK-14  (Book ID 9699)  $15.00 Compton, Lawrence V.  The Cranium of the Miocene Gannet Moris Vagabundus Wetmore; No. 5  California Academy of Sciences.  No City.  1936.  Illustrated Wrappers.  Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 5, pp. 83-84; 1 text figure. August 12, 1936. Report concerns a fossil bird cranium from the Academy's collection. Located in the area eleven miles north of Bakersfield, Kern County, California. The author notes: "This cranium is that of a gannet and it agrees with those characters of the gannets which separate the latter from the boobies".   Sea Bird. Pelican Family. Ornithology.  (Book ID 4301)  $10.00 Cooke, Matthew  Insects, Injurious and Beneficial, Their Natural History and Classification; For the Use of Fruit Growers, Vine Growers, Farmers, Gardeners and Schools  H. S. Crocker & Co..  Sacramento.  1883.  Cloth. Illustrations. Some white spots front cover. Some water stain back cover. Wear to cover edges. Water stain to edges of several pages. Tear at spine pages 67-78. The author writes about: The Egg, Larva, Pupa and Imago State; Internal Anatomy of Insects; The Seven Orders of Insects; Classification of Insects into Families; Scale Insects; Collecting and Preserving Insects; etc.   ARTHROPOD. HEMIPTERA. HETEROPTERA. Birds and Bugs  (Book ID 2474)  $25.00 Cooper, Sarah  Animal Life in the Sea and on the Land. a Zoology for Young People.  American Book Company.  New York, N.Y..  1887.  Clean inside and out, bound in green cloth, still tight. Title on spine with bumped corners. Lots of illustrations. 413 pages with index.   Condition: Very Good.  Animals, Zoology  (Book ID 8886)  $25.00 Coquillett, D. W.  New Diptera From North America (cover title)  Smithsonian Institution.  Washington.  1902.  Illustrated Wrappers.  Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. XXV, pages 83-126. [No. 1280.] Some unopened pages. Uncut pages. From the first page (page 83): "The present paper is based primarily on a series of specimens collected by Mr. H. S. Barber, who, as assistant to Mr. E. A. Schwarz, accompanied the latter on a collecting trip to portions of New Mexico and Arizona during the past summer. The object of this expedition was to obtain specimens of Coleoptera, and the collecting of the Diptera was therefore a digression from the real object for which the trip was planned". "Altogether, 4 new genera and 94 new species are described in this paper".   Winged Insects. Flying Bugs.  (Book ID 3987)  $12.50 Davidson, M. E. McLellan  On Some Birds Rare in, Or Hitherto Unrecorded from, Chiriqui Province, Panama; No. 17  California Academy of Sciences.  No City.  1938.  Illustrated Wrappers.  Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 17, pp. 255-261. September 1, 1938. Unopened pages. "In certain instances the species is well known, but has not been recorded previously from Chiriqui; in other cases the species itself is rare throughout its range, and the existence of museum representatives is of interest; and other species have been included in the appended list because the elevation at which the individual was taken is worthy of note". Xiphorhynchus guttatus marginatus, Griscom; Leptopogon amaurocephalus faustus, Bangs; Capsiempis flaveola semiflava (Lawrence), etc.   Ornithology. Aves. Migration. Flocks. Feathered.  (Book ID 4313)  $10.00 DeOng, E.R., And C.L. Roadhouse.  Cheese Pests and Their Control.  University of California, College of Agriculture.  Berkeley, Calif.  1922.  Bulletin No. 343. Pages 399-424; illustrations; wrapper. Former owners stamp on cover 'San Diego State College' and an ink number 17. Covers the protection and insects that pray on cheese. From skippers to mites.   Condition: Fine.  Pest Control, Cheese. DK-15  (Book ID 9764)  $15.00 Dobzhansky, Th.  The North American Bettles of the Genus Coccinella.  Smithsonian Institution.  Washington, D. C..  1931.  # 2904 - From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 80, Art. 4, pages 1-32. Seperate in gray wrapper with former owner's stamp on cover "San Diego State College", evidence of pamphlet having been folded. A description of the genus Coccinella, of chiefly the holarctic region, using the structure of the genitalia as a determination.   Condition: Fine.  Beetles, Coccinella. DK-14  (Book ID 9700)  $15.00 Dougherty, J.E.  The Use of Artificial Light to Increase Winter Egg Production.  University of California, College of Agriculture.  Berkeley, California.  1922.  Agricultural Experiment Station, Circular No. 254. 6 pages; figure. Paper wrapper. Discussion on the use of artificial light to increase egg production during the winter months and the construction of a device to accomplish this. ie. the use of dimmers in the evening.   Condition: Fine.  Eggs, Light, Poultry. DK-14  (Book ID 9679)  $15.00 Duruz, Willis P.  The Peach Twig-Borer (Anarsia lineatella Zeller).  University of California, Agricultural Extension Service.`.  Berkeley, Calif.  1923.  Bulletin # 355. 419-464; tables; bibliography; paper wraps. Reviews the literature, description of the pest (worm), its life history, spraying experiments of 1921 & 1922 with recommendations, and bilbiography. clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Peaches, Stone Fruit, Orchards, Insect Pests. DK-18  (Book ID 9879)  $15.00 Go to page: 1 2  3

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