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to John Gould who was born in 1804. An eminent ornithologist, who worked here at ZSL as Curator of Birds. Gould described the birds Darwin brought back from his expedition aboard HMS Beagle, so we decided to share the famous 'Darwin's finches'!

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2018-09-14

1804 & John Gould FRS was born. 🐦View our collection from "The Father of Ornithology" on The Print Gallery website: https://t.co/51cks8mIec

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2018-09-14

82 years ago, the last known died in captivity in Hobart. To mark this sad day we wanted to share these beautiful images from John Gould's 'Mammals of Australia' vol. 1 (c.1845-63)

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2018-09-08

BECOMING A FEMALE WEREWOLF.

It is believed that when SEVEN girls succeed one another in one family that among them one is of necessity a WEREWOLF; young men are slow in seeking one of SEVEN sisters in marriage.

7 sisters werewolf myth popularised by Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865

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2018-08-24

Learn how to defend your castle against (very cute) enemey knights with ‘The Brave Knight’ by illustrated by

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2018-08-18

Happy Image: Boobook Owl, "The Birds of Australia" Gould 1848. https://t.co/XXgk7C0xrV via

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2018-08-04

Gilded (Hylocharis chrysura) for by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter for Gould's Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds (1861). View in with thanks to for digitizing: https://t.co/s57SCHoCu0

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2018-07-20

Poland's national bird, the White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Our guy is Plate 4 from John Gould's 1873 'Birds of Great Britain', so he clearly gets around! View for free https://t.co/2JmlqGKWVg

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2018-07-13

in 1936, the or Tasmanian Tiger was named a protected animal, only 59 days before the last known specimen died in captivity

by H.C. Richter for John 'Mammals of v.1 (1863)

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2018-07-10

'On the bedside table' by Tom Gould - a bit of gentle book humour for you

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2018-07-02

The Princess of Wales's Parakeet illustrated by Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841) for John Gould’s. Birds of Australia (1972 Edition, 8 Volumes). Digitally enhanced from our own facsimile book. Grab this image for free at https://t.co/L89Ueacx5E

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2018-06-28

"Settlers in New South Wales are led away by the idea that everything is the reverse in [Australia] ... the Cuckoo, as they call this bird, singing by night is one of the instances they point out." Gould 1848. https://t.co/LgjYwa5ioG via

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2018-06-24

It's finally We've been saving this picture especially for today, but have been itching to share it after seeing . The image is taken from Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', 1873.

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2018-06-16

The common tailorbird builds a nest by sewing leaves together!! This is an illustration by John Gould, an English ornithologist from the 1800s.

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2018-06-03

Western (Dasyurus geoffroii). by Henry Constantine Richter and John Gould for Gould's of Vol. 1 (1863). View more in with thanks to for digitizing: https://t.co/OrWlvMhVDq --

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2018-05-28

Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus). by Elizabeth Gould & John Gould for Gould's Birds of Europe, Vol. 1 (1837). View more in with thanks to for digitizing: https://t.co/x9ReyJZKnA
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2018-05-27