by Elliott, Daniel G. (1835-1915; one of America's distinguised maturalist-artists)
(New York: Harper, 1898), as individually described below, each signed and labeled in pencil below the image. [Chicago?], 1890s. Original pencil drawings. (1) "The American Black Scoter / Ademia americana," an original pencil drawing, 11 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches, of two American Scoters, a male and a female, swimming on the water's surface, but with one webbed foot clearly visible below, with hills in the background; signed in pencil by the artist below the image, "Drawn from Nature by D.G. Elliot, F.R.S.E. &c.," and labeled as the title. (2) "Canvas-Back Duck," an original pencil drawing, 11 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches, of two American Scoters, a male and a female, (truncated)