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Mountain (Oreortyx pictus). signed by Henry Constantine Richter and John Gould for Gould's Monograph of the Odontophorinæ, or, of America (1850). View more from this work in thanks to for digitizing: https://t.co/CO7dBv2lTO

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2020-02-05

A small selection of from John Gould's 'The Mammals of Australia', [1845-]63 for Lithographed by Henry Constantine Richter.

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2020-01-27

Highlights from John Gould's groundbreaking Mammals of Australia (1845–63) — https://t.co/cWyu1mYB4Q

Scientists estimate that the devastating in have killed more than one billion animals.

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2020-01-25

The now-extinct White-footed Rabbit Rat (Conilurus albipes) was one of Australia's largest native rodents. Most of what we know about it comes from Gould's 1863 description: https://t.co/a3CvcXaeFa Via

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2020-01-19

DRACULA AS WOLF What I'm most loving about is the lupine with wolf fangs. Arriving at the convent a ravenous wolf & shifting into a vampire in human form he references every werewolf film and Stoker's reading of Sabine Baring Gould's Book of 1865

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2020-01-02

is open today but will be closed tomorrow Wednesday 18 December. We are open again as usual on Thursday. As a black-throated thrush has been spotted we thought you may like to see a lithograph of a couple from Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', 1873.

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2019-12-17

Off to Gangtok on assignment; leaving you all with this illustration from one of India's most beautiful that keeps eluding me- the Gould's Sunbird. Crossing fingers hoping to see one this time!

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2019-12-01

Pleased we managed to help and as a 'thank you' here are a pair of turtle doves from John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', vol. 4.

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2019-12-01

Tomorrow's is about Europe so how could we resist the chance to share some Edward Lear lithographs in Gould's 'Birds of Europe', 1837? Like to see more? Lear will be the subject of our next short talk in at 4.45 on Tues 10 Dec.

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2019-11-23

Wombats, & dingos are animals we are hoping to see & learn more about in the next episode of Admiring these lithographs while we wait... all by Henry Constantine Richter in John Gould's 'Mammals of Australia', [1845-]1863.

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2019-11-16

When you're left out of the Monday lunch invitation... knows how you feel! Oriental Scops-owls (Otus sunia) signed by Henry C. Richter and John Gould for Gould's Birds of Asia, Vol. 1 (1850-83). View in via : https://t.co/xg6vWbFlVv

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2019-11-05

Many of John Gould's early descriptions of Australia's weird & wonderful animals were published in journals with no pictures. His 1800s European readers needed very good imaginations – until they saw his beautiful illustrated folios: https://t.co/30jHWf8m86 via

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2019-10-23

Our home institution is celebrating today to raise money for the (https://t.co/3rm1RWkYrN) but some Aussie birds wear their team colours all year round!
(Illustrations from John Gould's "The Birds of Australia" via )

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2019-09-26

In celebration & support of ALL young people everywhere, here is a Wompoo Fruit-Dove in all its purple glory.

(Illustration: HC Richter 1848 from John Gould's "The Birds of Australia" Vol. 5 via & : https://t.co/iUaJYpK6gX)

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2019-08-30

For we're showing wood engravings from Augustus A. Gould's 'The Naturalist’s Library' (1850s). Learn more in our Tumblr post: https://t.co/qkM98pjlqs
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2019-08-13

Happy
(Australian Sea-lion, from John Gould's "Mammals of Australia" 1863, illustrated by Henry Constantine Richter) https://t.co/hS2Dvad8cs via

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2019-08-10

The Broad-faced Potoroo was described by John Gould in 1844 from a specimen sent to him from Swan River by John Gilbert: https://t.co/FMAfbqcJCS (illustration from Gould's Mammals of Australia, published in 1863: https://t.co/bDPxlVeMrD). Via &

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2019-07-15

Happy Channel-billed (Scythrops novaehollandiae) are brood parasites, which means they lay their eggs in others' nests. by J. Gould & H.C. Richter for Gould's Birds of Australia, V.4 (1848) via & : https://t.co/RgHLiPoUsj

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2019-07-12

Have you completed Mission 3 Detective https://t.co/IIhwB5ScWw? our Garden team monitor health & investigate reports of disease in British garden wildlife. These blackbirds are in Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain'

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2019-06-14