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galore! Explore a multitude of different pear varieties in "The Pears of New York" (1921), which attempted to describe and provide the economic status of the "most important cultivated pears". In via : https://t.co/a2zXEdnPV5

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2018-04-06

style of the Tufted Tit Tyrant (Anairetes parulus). by John Gerrard Keulemans for Richard Crawshay, Birds of Tierra del Fuego (1907). Contributed for digitization in by : https://t.co/XXY49AR8m0 --

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2018-04-06

Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) for by William Swainson for his Birds of Brazil and Mexico (1841). Contributed for digitization in by of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at : https://t.co/HRMzDFDPOM --

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2018-04-05

Elizabeth Twining (1805–1889) of was a botanical illustrator. Explore the 1868 quarto edition of her most famous work, the two-volume "Illustrations of the Natural Order of Plants", in via : https://t.co/9Yvq60MzJl

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2018-04-05

Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus) is nocturnal, arboreal & solitary. Explore the species & its tracks in "Manual para el rastreo de mamíferos silvestres de México" (2012) by J.M.A. Sánchez, in via & : https://t.co/91Rl6ZXCuE

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2018-04-03

Explore the of Mary Ann Burnett for & in "Plantæ utiliores" ([1839]1842-1850), presenting illustrations of "useful in art & medicine. Digitized in by : https://t.co/5vhnsQEBxV

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2018-03-31

Maria Sibylla Merian is remembered as one of the most significant contributors to the field of entomology. For explore her work in "Der rupsen begin", Pt. 3 (1717), in via : https://t.co/3uM0f2P9eD

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2018-03-30

Barnacles are filter-feeding crustaceans. of rabbit-ear barnacle (Conchoderma auritum) - a type of goose barnacle - by Richard Polydore Nodder for Shaw's "The Naturalist's Miscellany" (1789-1813) v. 16. In via and : https://t.co/cXmZfCIoxu

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2018-03-30

The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis) feeds primarily on ants. by John Gerrard Keulemans for Lord Lilford's "Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands", v. 2 (1885-97). In via : https://t.co/ccmpZPAZuY

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2018-03-28

Blue Passionflower (Passiflora caerulea). by Mary Ann Burnett for her Plantae Utiliores, Vol. 1 (1842). Contributed to by the Research Library of : https://t.co/tqziBkNZli

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2018-03-27

"The Mammals of (1871) by J.L.G. Krefft includes by the amazing Scott sisters, Harriet Morgan and Helena Forde. Explore it for in thanks to : https://t.co/WVPj5L3K81

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2018-03-24

Virgin Islands Passionflowers (Passiflora murucuja) for by Jean-Theodore Descourtilz for Michel Etienne Descourtilz, Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles, V. 1 Ct. 1 (1821). Contributed to by the of : https://t.co/gMSMugGoMr

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2018-03-24

The European roller (Coracias garrulus) for by Archibald Thorburn for Lilford's "Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands" v. 2 (1885-1897). In via : https://t.co/GZymSNrxTn

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2018-03-22

Today is - a day to raise awareness of the importance of Celebrate by exploring the & shrubs of Europe with "Flore forestière" (1872), illustrated with 18 chromolithographs depicting 350 figures. In via : https://t.co/RoyU8Yl1Mh

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2018-03-21

The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), native to eastern is the smallest known mammal capable of gliding flight. by James Sowerby for "Zoology of New Holland" (1794) by George Shaw. In via : https://t.co/CNsRM9AVWz

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2018-03-21

Konjac (Amorphophallus konjac), also known as Devil's Tongue and Voodoo Lily for by Walter Hood Fitch for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 101 (1875). Contributed to by the Peter H. Raven Library of the : https://t.co/uKQJmy03kO

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2018-03-16

Red bird of paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima). by Sydenham Teast Edwards for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, v. 25 (1807). In via : https://t.co/BzjJKqkNVr

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2018-03-15

of Cereus hildmannianus (Fig 1) & Cereus repandus (Figs 2 & 3) by botanical artist Mary Emily Eaton for Published in "The Cactaceae" v. 2 (1920) by Nathaniel Lord Britton & Joseph Nelson Rose. In via : https://t.co/iHkFA0nee3

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2018-03-14

(Cirrhopetalum fletcheranum). by Matilda Smith for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 141 (1915). Contributed to by the Peter H. Raven Library of the : https://t.co/0r87SeTi3R --

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2018-03-14

Explore for from A Conchological Manual (1839) by George Brettingham Sowerby. Contributed to by : https://t.co/wOoHWKR6JW --

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2018-03-13