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  • The elk, &c. by Library & Archives @ Royal Ontario Museum on Flickr.

    The elk, &c. by Library & Archives @ Royal Ontario Museum on Flickr.

    Tagged: Elk Bear Ermin Lynx Martin Reindeer Glutton Beaver wolverene wolverine natural history rare book Erich Pontoppidan norway engraving Royal Ontario Museum Library & Archives exploration travel Lemming

    Posted on August 6, 2012 with 52 notes

  • jomobimo: Plate XXI, A book of birds London,Sidney Appleton,1908.

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    Plate XXI, A book of birds
    London,Sidney Appleton,1908.

    Tagged: Birds martin night-jar swallow tanager waxwing illustration vintage

    Posted on January 12, 2012 via jomobimo with 139 notes

  • biomedicalephemera: Titmice and Swallows The “Goatsucker” (Nightjar) in the middle of the bottom row of birds is now known to not be a passerine (perching bird), but to be in a class of ground-nesters, with the frogmouths. They’re much more closely related to owls than to swallows or martins. Natural History of the Animal Kingdom for the Use Of Young People. W. F. Kirby, 1889.

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    Titmice and Swallows

    The “Goatsucker” (Nightjar) in the middle of the bottom row of birds is now known to not be a passerine (perching bird), but to be in a class of ground-nesters, with the frogmouths. They’re much more closely related to owls than to swallows or martins.

    Natural History of the Animal Kingdom for the Use Of Young People. W. F. Kirby, 1889.

    Tagged: Science natural history birds swallow barn swallow martin goatsucker titmouse passerine nightjar W.F. Kirby 1880s 1889

    Posted on December 25, 2011 via Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils with 204 notes

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