BURROUGHS, JOHN. Autograph manuscript signed of an essay entitled "Bird-Songs," n.d. [published 1905]. 40 pages, 8vo, in ink on rectos only, each sheet neatly inlaid to small 4to size, first page titled and signed at head, signed again at end, first page with printer's notes in pencil and ink, bound in dark blue levant morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Blackwell. Published in Ways of Nature, Boston and New York, 1905 (BAL 2176). Bookplate of Frederick W. Skiff.