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Emu chicken (Dromaius novaehollandiae) painted by AM Lecuona in 1861. The femlae leaves the male to incubate them on his own, and after they have hatched, the striped chicks are also looked after by the male.

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2019-11-07

"The birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands" (1928) contains 45 beautiful plates by Henrik Grönvold and Frederick W. Frohawk. Learn more about the process to digitize this from the Library for ➡️ https://t.co/YtENMIYabg

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2019-10-11

Only 225 copies of Gregory Mathews' "The birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands" (1928) were produced. Marina Hunt & Brendan Bachman share their experience digitizing this for during a student placement at ➡️ https://t.co/YtENMIYabg

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2019-10-10

Mexican naturalist Rafael Montes de Oca's "Ensayo ornitologico de los troquilideos ó colibries de Mexico" (1875) describes 48 Mexican hummingbird species. Find it in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/a4pusCOlPI

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2019-09-27

Lilford's "Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands" (1885-97) was illustrated with over 400 chromolithographic plates mostly after artworks by Archibald Thorburn & John Gerrard Keulemans. Explore all 7 volumes for via ➡️ https://t.co/3nfxlY30OO

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2019-08-30

Happy The red-throated parrotfinch (Erythrura psittacea) is found in New Caledonia. by H. Goodchild for "The Avicultural Magazine", v. 8 (1901-1902). Contributed in via ➡️ https://t.co/Mq3WsWox6V 🐦

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2019-08-16

Today we dedicate our post to these exceptional Corvids by Thomas Bewick. Bewick organizes these birds within a classification he calls “Birds of the Pie Kind.” Learn why here: https://t.co/pGQn79fuqP

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2019-08-02

This week’s post is all about the vulture! We have four colorful vultures to share from the 'Album of Abyssianian Birds and Mammals' with paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, published as a portfolio by the Field Museum in 1930. https://t.co/pgjuWuA57q

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2019-06-28

Last night we shared some late birbs from Gromme's Birds of Wisconsin. We see these little chaps in our neighborhood all the time!
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2019-06-15

Happy Today we've got a few original watercolor drawings of birds for you by Milwaukee illustrator Susan Estelle Kwas from two one-of-a-kind books we recently acquired. Read about the books here: https://t.co/lyyeao6lur

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2019-05-17

"What bird is that? A Guide to the Birds of Australia" (1931) promised that "all who so desire may become intimately acquainted with the many and beautiful native birds that throng our bushland". In via ➡️ https://t.co/CaD5B1w2pR

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2019-05-16

On this gray Milwaukee day we thought we’d brighten our with a few festively-festooned birds in the Parrot family from the 1913 edition of Brehms Tierbilder published by Bibliographisches Institut in Liepzig and Vienna. Learn more here: https://t.co/cFOVyICmwN

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2019-04-19

For your delight, we present "Curiosities of Ornithology" (1871), featuring such incredible as the kākāpō, satyr tragopan, blue-throated barbet, violet turaco & Knysna turaco. Explore more by T.W. Wood thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/7CBSZLz3zl

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2019-04-04

Ravens are common characters in mythology worldwide, ranging from symbols of bad luck to trickster characters & creator deities. by Jemima Blackburn for "Birds from Moidart and elsewhere" (1895): https://t.co/LdRDCh11ES

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2019-03-22

Initiated by Genevieve Jones & completed by her family after her death, Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio (1879-86) features life-sized for the bird species known to nest in Ohio ➡️ https://t.co/Ux0GOnKEoz

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2019-03-15

We're keeping in a tropical frame of mind, so today we present these gregarious parrot-like birds, the only two species of Psittacidae that were native to the United States. These come from Rex Brasher's 'Birds and Trees of North America." https://t.co/Z7whEdwHNc

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2019-03-01

It's Please enjoy these chromolithographs of American Sparrows from the 1907 edition of 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds' by Frank M. Chapman, with illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton. More here: https://t.co/QdXwGSdWMF

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2019-01-18

On this first of 2019, we present four chromolithographic plates of some winter-loving birds – most of which may be seen in the Upper Midwest during this month – from the 1907 edition of 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds' by Frank M. Chapman.

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2019-01-04

Yesterday we brought you her flowers & trees, and today we present wood engravings of birds by Agnes Miller Parker from her illustrations for 'Down the River' by H. E. Bates, published in London by Victor Gollancz, Ltd, in 1937. See more here: https://t.co/W0rq841vdF

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2018-12-21