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We were taken by Eichenberg’s anthropomorphic depiction of animals, so we decided to display some of his bird images from the 25 engravings in this book for Learn more: https://t.co/u4yu5Xy6KF

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2022-06-17

It's Birds play a prominent part in 'Peter and the Wolf,' in particular a songbird and a duck. In this 1940 children’s-book version of 'Peter and the Wolf' the design and illustrations by Warren Chappell and calligraphy is by Hollis Holland. https://t.co/rfI3zVNkcG

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2022-02-04

Happy Male Himalayan (Lophophorus impejanus). by Joseph Smit for Ibis (1884). View more in the with thanks to the Research Library of the for digitizing: https://t.co/obC3HrdsxN

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2021-12-24

Happy Fiji parrotfinches (Erythrura pealii) build domed nests made of grass blades with an entrance on the side. by H. Goodchild for Avicultural Magazine, V.18 (1911-12), via with thanks to for digitizing: https://t.co/wa02VBp52q

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2021-07-02

It's This week we bring you diving ducks from Rex Brasher’s 12-volume set Birds and Trees of North America, self-published between 1929 and 1932, containing hand-colored reproductions of Brasher’s paintings! https://t.co/Kzb05LsXrR

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2021-05-14

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

It's Today we revisit the 6th edition of Thomas Bewick‘s classic field guide 'A History of British Birds,' with his wood engravings of the smaller falcons, a part of what Bewick refers to as “The Falcon Tribe of rapacious birds.” View more: https://t.co/cw58K2IxF8

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2020-12-11

Happy Beautiful (Sitta formosa) are native to southeast Asia, particularly in the eastern Himalayas. by John Gould and Henry C. Richter for Gould's of Asia, Vol. 2 (1850-83), in via : https://t.co/lyHVXRCfcm

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2020-11-05

Happy Mallee ringneck (Barnardius zonarius barnardi), one of the subspecies of colorful Australian ringneck from John Gould's of Vol. 5 (1848). View in with thanks to : https://t.co/4y0si7gQJT

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2020-08-21

It's also We've been seeing lots of hummingbirds lately so today we're sharing some of these tiny, aggressive, mainly nectar-eating birds with a few pages from 'Birds in Their Homes' by Addison Webb & illustrations by Sabra Mallett Kimball. https://t.co/pskblqwjc7

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2020-08-14

Happy Moluccan King-parrots (Alisterus amboinensis) are natives of specific Indonesian rainforests. from The Birds of Celebes and the Neighbouring Islands (1898) by A.B. Meyer and L.W. Wiglesworth, via & : https://t.co/cfz1w4d7Of

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2020-05-01

Happy Enjoy these from 14 different by J. Terrier from Faune de la Sénégambie, Oiseaux (1884) by Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune. View more in with thanks to the for digitizing: https://t.co/MzPJzGiGLb

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2019-11-08

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

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

Happy Large Frogmouths (Batrachostomus auritus). by and John Gould for Gould's Icones Avium (1837-38). View more in : https://t.co/kDrDKFVptF --

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2019-02-14

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

Happy Brazilian (Ramphocelus bresilius) by William Swainson for his of and (1841). View more in with thanks to the of the for digitizing: https://t.co/2XWLZxJgHi

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2019-01-18

Happy It's time for a challenge! Try to identify as many birds as you can in these images from 'The Public Park' (1971) by Herbert L. Edlin and come back at 4pm Central to see if you were right! Learn more here: https://t.co/gxGrEVNwMn

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2018-10-26

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

Kingfisher (family Alcedinidae) for "drawn from nature" by George Edwards in 1761. Published in his "Gleanings of Natural History" (1758-1764), contributed in from : https://t.co/aCJY07YiM2

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2018-07-06