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Paynocil : the cattle egret and the buffalo.

A herd of buffalo crossing a river basin on the Upper Missouri. Wood engraving by W Thomas after W J Hays, ca 1851.

A male and female American bison or buffalo. Chromolithograph.

The North American buffalo : a critical study of the species in its wild state / by Frank Gilbert Roe.

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American bison

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Images referencing American bison

Works from the collections

The North American buffalo : a critical study of the species in its wild state / by Frank Gilbert Roe.

Paynocil : the cattle egret and the buffalo.

A herd of buffalo crossing a river basin on the Upper Missouri. Wood engraving by W Thomas after W J Hays, ca 1851.

A male and female American bison or buffalo. Chromolithograph.