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Images about Birds

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  • A bird: a dipper. Coloured engraving.
  • A magpie from New Caledonia. Engraving by Bawtree after J. B. Audebert.
  • Das Gehörorgan der Wirbelthiere : morphologisch-histologische Studien / von Gustaf Retzius.
  • A New Holland cassowary and two enlarged feathers. Etching by P. Mazell after Lt. Watts.
  • Engineering: a large pumping station. Coloured lithograph, [post 1875].
  • Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.
  • 3D MRI of a 6-day-old quail egg
  • A large black bird, possibly a chough. Etching by W. Hayes, ca. 1780.
  • A bird, possibly a type of warbler. Coloured etching.
  • The god Apollo holding his bow and an arrow. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
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    A pied oyster-catcher. Etching with engraving.

    | Reference: 43066i
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    A pocket-book of British birds / by E.F.M. Elms.

    Elms, E. F. M. | Date: 1906
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    An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

    | Reference: 21836i
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    Development of the avian embryo : a behavioural and physiological study / B.M. Freeman and Margaret A. Vince.

    Freeman, B. M. (Barry Metcalfe) | Date: [1974]
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    A fish being carried off by a bird. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 26942i
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