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Lithograph of a Wood Pigeon from John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain’; printed in sections 1862-1873. Two versions are shown, to emphasise the ‘hand-coloured’ aspect of these early publications, with sets of pages possibly tinted by different craftspeople.

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2022-01-08

Did you know had a pet starling which could sing part of his Piano Concerto in G Major?

Will your bird have any special skills?

Here's John Gould's starlings from 'The Birds of Great Britain' for inspo!

Discover Gould here: https://t.co/XK3fG0B4pP

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2022-01-05

C is for Coxen's fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta coxeni), SE Queensland and NE New South Wales, Australia. Endangered due to habitat clearance, rarely seen or photographed; mature population may be only 50-250. Pic from Gould's "The Birds of Australia" via

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2022-01-05

New bat portrait! The Gould's Wattled Bat, with the shiniest pearly whites you'll ever see

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2021-12-13

Only the male blue-collared parrot (Geoffroyus simplex) of New Guinea, today's species (under B) in actually has a blue collar. Photos are rare, so here's a plate from Gould's "The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands" (1875-1888) via

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2021-11-10

Listening to Glenn Gould's Bach English Suites album, a 2 LP set from 1977. Never noticed this before: the superb Don Hunstein portrait of Glenn on the front cover is matched by a cheeky portrayal of Johann Sebastian on the back.
https://t.co/wcdE0ufu2a

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2021-09-26

I hope everyone Quetzal excited when we retrospectively assign DOIs to historic species descriptions! We've just DOI'd Gould's 1858 "A monograph of the Trogonidæ" (trogons & quetzals): https://t.co/4r9MBbX8CC digitised for by

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2021-09-14

It's a Pitta so much of our historic literature is lacking DOIs. We're rectifying that! Every species description in Gould's "Monograph of the Pittidae" (1880-81) now has a DOI.
Necklaced Pitta https://t.co/mWpWvBhoh6
Bengal Pitta https://t.co/vSB5IeMBu2

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2021-09-09

Clive Gould's artworks showcase the majestic power and beauty of the ocean through glorious colour work and sensitivity to fine details. See more of Clive's work here https://t.co/dqZKcc2oDl

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2021-09-08

Q. What does "Paradise" mean for a historic publication?
A. Being discoverable & persistently citable within the modern linked network of knowledge.
I present John Gould's birds of paradise, now with DOIs. e.g. https://t.co/JkTHWHHzzf
More: https://t.co/hWDbcls6Te

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2021-09-07

Can you work out why these birds are stuck together?
Or is it toucan fusing?

🖼️: Sulphur & White-breasted Toucan, H.C. Richter from John Gould's A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans (1854) via https://t.co/b0UVEPR5pa

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2021-09-01

There are a number of pieces within the Figurative Art Now Exhibition (currently available to view online) that feature apples. We've explored them on our blog: https://t.co/Ftbxpd7cuv
Work featured includes David Gould's 'Study of Twenty One Apples' available to buy online 🍎

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2021-07-23

Or, if you'd prefer to wallow in the blues, here's a Blue Thrush (Le Merle bleu), a Blue Tit (La Mésange bleue) & a Blue-throated Warbler (Le Bec-fin gorge bleue).
🖌️from John Gould's 1837 "The Birds of Europe" digitised for by https://t.co/AMyHOcCA2f

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2021-06-02

If you're feeling blue about the now-extended here's a pink flamingo (Le Flamant) to cheer you up. I'm now working on v.4 of Gould's "Birds of Europe". The stunning plates are lifting my spirits. DOIs to come. https://t.co/RR2i7vTV9L

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2021-06-02

Every species description in every volume of Gould's The Birds of Australia now has a DOI, a unique identifier enabling the persistent linking, sharing, citing & tracking of this spectacular content. https://t.co/Czm2LSxIWQ

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2021-05-28

170 years ago in 1851 - John Gould's Hummingbird House opened
During 1851 it attracted over 75,000 visitors.
Look out for our guest by Ann Datta about this incredible it will be going live here soon: https://t.co/SmRz1wGWcq

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2021-05-17

Happy Princess (Polytelis alexandrae) are Australian natives, who can lived up to 30 years. from John Gould's of Supplement (1869). View more in with thanks to for digitizing: https://t.co/mFfBPQ4Yyi

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2021-04-23