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[[underlined]] Robert Ridgway [[/underlined]]. / A Nomenclature of Colors / for Naturalists, / and / Compendium of Useful Knowledge / for Ornithologists. / By / Robert Ridgway, / Curator, Department of Birds, United States National Museum. / With ten Colored Plates and Seven Plates / of Outline Illustrations. / Boston: / Little, Brown, and Company. / 1886. / 8vo. 129 pp. + 17 plates

This book, which is dedicated to Professor. S.F. Baird, consists of two parts, the first one being a "Nomenclature of Colors" containing: Preface; Principals of Color and General Remarks; Colors required by the Zoological or Botanical Artist; Comparative Vocabulary of Colors; and Bibliography; the second part being the "Ornithologist's Compendium" comprising Glossary of Technical Terms used in Descriptive Ornithology; Table for converting Millimetres into English Inches and Decimals; and Table for Converting English Inches