CORY, Charles Barney (1857-1921). The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo, Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1885. 4° (290 x 211mm.). Lithographed frontispiece map and 22 hand-coloured lithographed plates. (Occasional light spotting). Contemporary purple half morocco. "Cory's drawings, in their technical skill, rank with Elliot's or with the very finest of Sheppard or Ridgeway; indeed they excel any of these in their charm" (McGrath pp. 59 & 160); Fine Bird Books p. 87; Nissen IVB 204; Wood p. 300; Zimmer p. 138.