Rebacked hardcover in very good condition. Reports upon the Zoological Collections Obtained from Portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona during the years 1871, 1872, 1873,and 1874. In 16 chapters illustrated by 45 plates and 3 wood-cuts. 'Report of the Ornithological Collections' by H.W. Henshaw pp. 131-507 has fifteen color plates of birds by Robert Ridgway. And 6 of lepidoptera. Mammals by Elliott Coues and H.C. Yarrow; Birds by H.W. Henshaw; Batrachians and Reptiles by H.C.Yarrow (10 plates, 3 in color); Fishes by E.D. Cope and Yarrow; Hymenoptera by E.T. Cresson; Lepidoptera by Mead (6 color plates); additional chapters on insects. A massive volume; plates are bright with a touch of water stain to the top edge.