"Arctic series of publications issued in connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army, no. III." Issued also in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents (no. 2349) as Senate misc. doc. no. 156, 49th Cong., 1st sess Some of the plates signed: R. & J.L. Ridgway Partial bibliography of Alaskan ornithology: p. 223-226 Letter of transmittal, by H.W. Henshaw -- Narrative, by E.W. Nelson -- pt. I. Birds of Alaska, with partial bibliography of Alaskan ornithology, by E.W. Nelson -- pt. II. Mammals of northern Alaska, by E.W. Nelson and F.W. True -- pt. III. Field notes on Alaskan fishes, by E.W. Nelson, with additional notes by T.H. Bean -- pt. IV. Insects. Report upon the diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Alaska by E.W. Nelson, by W.H. Edwards Birds, mammals, fishes, lepidoptera extracted picklist SCNHRB copy (39088013488358) in original brown publisher's cloth binding, title in gilt on spine