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Fifteen birds indigenous to France, including a falcon, buzzard, eagle, golden plover, blue tit and woodpecker. Chromolithograph after M. Georges.

The British Museum: the Zoological Gallery, crowded with holiday visitors. Wood engraving, 1845.

Fifteen birds indigenous to France, including a snipe, kingfisher, hoopoe, cuckoo, heron and stork. Chromolithograph after M. Georges.

Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883)

The natural history of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland / By Sir William Jardine.

Lister, Agnes Syme (-1893)

Essays on natural history, chiefly ornithology. Second series: with a continuation of the autobiography of the author. / by Charles Waterton.

Booth, Edward Thomas (1842-1890)

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Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883)

The natural history of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland / By Sir William Jardine.

Lister, Agnes Syme (-1893)

Essays on natural history, chiefly ornithology. Second series: with a continuation of the autobiography of the author. / by Charles Waterton.

Booth, Edward Thomas (1842-1890)