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GREENE, W. T.. Parrots in Captivity. London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-87. 3 volumes, large 8vo. x, 144; xiv, 111, (2); viii, 144pp., plus 81 hand-finished chromoxylographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt, blue endpapers, minor spotting to covers and wear to top and tail of spines. A groundbreaking, ornithological masterpiece. A treatise on 81 species of parrots, parrakeets, lories, and cockatoos, &c., with accounts of their habits in life and in captivity (McGill/Wood). The first book devoted exclusively to parrots in captivity with advice on their keeping, includes much on Australian species. The color plates are beautiful depictions of the stunning birds. Ayer/Zimmer, p. 274; Fine Bird Books, p. 79; McGill/Wood, p. 368; McLean, Fawcett, 122; Nissen, IVB, 393.

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