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Archive Print part

Birds from Siam and the Malay peninsula in the United States National Museum collected by Drs. Hugh M. Smith and William L. Abbott

Riley, Joseph Harvey (1873-1941); Smith, Hugh McCormick (1865-1941); Abbott, William Louis (1860-1936)

1938

Bibliographical foot-notes.

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Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes

Bent, Arthur Cleveland (1866-1954)

1919

"References to bibliography": p. 225-231.

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Life histories of North American wild fowl : order Anseres (part)

Bent, Arthur Cleveland (1866-1954)

1923-25

Contains the family Anatidae. "References to bibliography": [v.1] p. 231-239; [v.2] p. 303-311.

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Coat of arms (fol. 1r)
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Coat of arms (fol. 1r)

[ca. 1425]

A coat of arms with a double-headed eagle in gold and silver on a blue background. The obit above the coat of arms is that of Thomas Habtreholme "persone collegii sancti Johnannis Evangeliste Beverl" ...

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Stork and flowers (fol. 11v)
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Stork and flowers (fol. 11v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The lower border is decorated with a stork, a partridge-like bird, a blue daisy (purple-stemmed aster), pinks (buds) and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'M' formed of sheaves of green hay and ...

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Wagtail (fol. 20r)
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Wagtail (fol. 20r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with a wagtail and curved acanthus leaves in various colours. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.

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Two grey herons (fol. 23r)
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Two grey herons (fol. 23r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with two birds (grey herons?) fighting, a butterfly and curved acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial 'L'.

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Waterbird and flowers (fol. 36r)
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Waterbird and flowers (fol. 36r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with buttercups, acanthus leaves and a waterbird. 10-line foliate initial is infilled with a tulip, a strawberry flower, a pink and a white iris.

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Partridge and hawk (fol. 41r)
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Partridge and hawk (fol. 41r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with a hawk-like bird and a partridge-like bird, buttercups, strawberry flowers and acanthus leaves. 6-line foliate initial.

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Iris and birds (fol. 56r)
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Iris and birds (fol. 56r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with bird-cherry tree flowers, anemones, irises, buttercups, periwinkles, strawberry flowers, waterbirds and snails.

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