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Colombe Voyageuse, from Les Pigeons par Madame Knip, by Pauline de Courcelles and C.J. Themminck, Paris, 1811

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Colombe Geant, Columba spadicea, from Les Pigeons par Madame Knip, by Pauline de Courcelles and C.J. Themminck, Paris, 1811

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Mauritius blue pigeon from Les Pigeons par Madame Knip, by Pauline de Courcelles and C.J. Themminck, Paris,1811

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Common Nighthawk from Catesby's Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands

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Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus Principalis, from Catesby's Natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Island

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Map depicting British, French and Spanish colonies from Catesby's Natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands

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Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, from Wilson's American Ornithology

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Black Skimmer from Catesby's Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands

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The redbreast European Robin, Erithacus rubecula, from Bewick's A history of British birds

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Upper wing feather arrangement

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Parus caeruleus

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Eggs of the Common Murre, Uria aalge (left,) and Razorbill, Alca torda (right,) from Capen's Oology of New England

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Illustration of a disected pigeon

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Skeletal anatomy of humans and birds from Belon's L'histoire de la nature des oyseaux

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Male, female, and juvenile Northern harriers (Marsh Hawk) from Audubon's The birds of America

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Great Blue Heron from Audubon's The birds of America

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Skeletal anatomy of humans and birds from Belon's L'histoire de la nature des oyseaux

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Various birds from Nozeman's Nederlandsche vogelen

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Brown Pelican roosting in Red Mangrove, from Audubon's The birds of America

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Pair of Falco biarmicus from Gould's The birds of Europe

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