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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

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

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

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 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

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

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

The western spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus) and the tawny-crowned honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops) for by Henrik Grönvold from v. 11 (1923-24) of "The Birds of Australia". In via ➡️ https://t.co/BOPDxvKRxW

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2018-11-30

Happy "Iconographie des perroquets" (1857) by Charles de Souancé features 48 hand-coloured lithographs by E. Blanchard and J. Daverne. Copies have sold for over 6,000 GBP, but you can access it for free in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/xwGYLwc5mu

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2018-11-15

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

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

Happy Abdim's Storks (Ciconia abdimii) are natives of Africa. by Müller for Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Symbolae Physicae, Zoologica I, Avium, Part 1 (1828). Contributed by : https://t.co/7usbm1jimr

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2018-04-19

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

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

It was Yesterday. These Goldfinches and Red-winged Blackbirds are common sights here in Milwaukee, and these examples from 'Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States' (1882) look very familiar! Learn more about the book here: https://t.co/jGJjdqzKUa

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2018-03-16

Happy Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis). by John Gerrard Keulemans for his Onze Vogels in Huis en Tuin, Vol. 2 (1873). Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the : https://t.co/cyIJOJameb --

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2018-02-08

Happy Celebrate with beautiful by Pauquet in Prévost & Lemaire's "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux exotiques" (1864). This work features 80 plates showing 200 subjects. Digitized in by : https://t.co/tIda1yFjov

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2018-02-01

Happy Pine Grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator). by Archibald Thorburn for Thomas Lilford, Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, Vol. 4 (1885-97). Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the : https://t.co/ERlu9Pt3Fs

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2018-01-11

Happy Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands (1885-97) https://t.co/vIswOgaGxO

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2017-06-29