SCNHRB has two copies, both imperfect: copy 1 lacking letterpress title pages, copy 2 has volume 2 only
SCNHRB copy 1 (volume 1, 39088015703523; volume 2, 39088015703564) stamped on engraved title pages: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Apr 1888 [handwritten accession number] 131495
SCNHRB copy 1, volume 2 has a bibliographical note handwritten in ink tipped-in following page vi
SCNHRB copy 1 bound in brown library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges and endpapers
SCNHRB copy 2 of volume 2 (39088015703606) has 8 pages of publisher's advertisements bound in front of volume 2
SCNHRB copy 2 of volume 2 is stamped on letterpress title page: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [handwritten accession number] 266469
SCNHRB copy 2 of volume 2 is bound in green library buckram, title in white on spine
Contents:
Part I. On the structure and natural history of birds in general -- Part II. On the bibliography, nomenclature, and preservation of birds -- Part III. On the natural history and relations of the different orders, tribes, and families of birds
