Pioneer Naturalists. The Discovery and Naming of North American Plants and Animals. 1993. line drawings. X,294 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Contents (partly): Introduction: The Beginnings of Natural History inAmerica/ Abbot's Sphinx (John Abbot)/ Anna's Hummingbird (Anna, Duchessof Rivoli)/ Abert's Squirrel (John James Abert)/ Agassiz's Turtles(Louis Agassiz)/ Baird's Sandpiper (Spencer Fullerton Baird)/ ThomasMayo Brewer and the Sparrow War/ Bell's Vireo (John Graham Bell)/Bewick's Wren (Thomas Bewick)/ Barrow's Goldeneye (John Barrow)/Bullock's Oriole (Willim Bullock)/ Bartonia (Benjamin Smith Barton)/Britton's Skullcap (Nathaniel Lord Britton)/ Clarkia (William Clark)/Claytonia (John Clayton)/ Clintonia (DeWitt Clinton)/ etc./ Dall'sPorpoise (William H.Dall)/ Douglas-fir (David Douglas)/ Drummond'sMosses (Thomas Drummond)/ Engelmann Spruce (George Engelmann)/ etc./Kirtland's Water Snake (Jared Potter Kirtland)/ LeConte's Thrasher(John Lawrence LeConte)/ Lincicum's Ants (Gideon Lincicum)/ etc.