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ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter, Baron (1868-1937). Extinct Birds: An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds that have become extinct in historical times -- that is, within the last six or seven hundred years. To which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. London: Hutchinson, 1907.
4 (367 x 282mm). 49 plates comprising 45 coloured collotype plates after Keulemans, Lodge, H. Grnvold, J. Smit and F. W. Frohawk, and 4 uncoloured plates. (Margins slightly browned). Modern crimson half morocco, gilt panelled spine (one upper corner slightly bumped), t.e.g.
An early attempt to document the number of extinct birds, and warn against man's man's destructive capacity. The work was limited to 300 copies, Rothschild dividing the extinct species into two distinct categories, 'those known externally as well as internally, and those of which we know bones and egg-shells only.' Information about the former varies from 'the very full and even redundant literature on some' to the scanty information provided by 'old writers' for whom often 'the culinary property of the various birds seems to have been their principal interest.' The need for food or sport and 'the introduction of animals of prey, such as rats, cats, mongoose, etc.' are some of the causes of their destruction. Others that Rothschild was able to identify were the introduction of new diseases and wilful destruction of the habitat for cultivation. He concludes that 'man and his satellites, cats, rats, dogs, and pigs are the worst and in fact the only important agents of destruction of the native avifaunas wherever they go.' A 12-page bibliography precedes the descriptions of the extinct and vanishing species. Anker 430; Nissen IVB 795; Wood p. 543: 'the highest authority on the subject'; Zimmer p. 533: 'the plates are excellent'.
4 (367 x 282mm). 49 plates comprising 45 coloured collotype plates after Keulemans, Lodge, H. Grnvold, J. Smit and F. W. Frohawk, and 4 uncoloured plates. (Margins slightly browned). Modern crimson half morocco, gilt panelled spine (one upper corner slightly bumped), t.e.g.
An early attempt to document the number of extinct birds, and warn against man's man's destructive capacity. The work was limited to 300 copies, Rothschild dividing the extinct species into two distinct categories, 'those known externally as well as internally, and those of which we know bones and egg-shells only.' Information about the former varies from 'the very full and even redundant literature on some' to the scanty information provided by 'old writers' for whom often 'the culinary property of the various birds seems to have been their principal interest.' The need for food or sport and 'the introduction of animals of prey, such as rats, cats, mongoose, etc.' are some of the causes of their destruction. Others that Rothschild was able to identify were the introduction of new diseases and wilful destruction of the habitat for cultivation. He concludes that 'man and his satellites, cats, rats, dogs, and pigs are the worst and in fact the only important agents of destruction of the native avifaunas wherever they go.' A 12-page bibliography precedes the descriptions of the extinct and vanishing species. Anker 430; Nissen IVB 795; Wood p. 543: 'the highest authority on the subject'; Zimmer p. 533: 'the plates are excellent'.