Authored by Lois Chambers Stone, Andrew Jackson Grayson, and Bancroft Library, with species accounts and field notes by Andrew Jackson Grayson. Includes current ornithological identifications to accompany the 156 bird portraits, all Grayson's surviving paintings from the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, reproduced as plates in the companion portfolio.

This collection comprises 38 individual hand-colored proof-plate lithographs by John Gould (1804-1881). The lithographs are from the "Birds of Europe" and "The Birds of Great Britain," published by John Gould, and printed by Taylor and Francis, London. The lithographs from “Birds of Europe” were created between 1832-1837, and the lithographs from “Birds of Great Britain” were created between 1862-1873. Each print is sized at 21.5 by 14.5 inches.