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  2. The Sibley Guide to Birds - Wikipedia

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    The Sibley Guide to Birds is a reference work and field guide for the birds found in the continental United States and Canada. It is written and illustrated by ornithologist David Allen Sibley . The book provides details on 810 species of birds, with information about identification, life history, vocalizations, and geographic distribution.

  3. Codex on the Flight of Birds - Wikipedia

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    Leonardo starts writing on a flying machine and comparing it with the notes he has already taken on the flight of birds. He states that "the bird" (machine) must attain a high altitude it case it were to turn over so as to have enough time to right itself. He notes that the framework needs to be strong with leather laces and raw silk for the ribs.

  4. Yogini with a Mynah Bird - Wikipedia

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    In South Asian literature, myna birds are associated with noble ladies, who keep them as pets. The palace in the background gives rise to the interpretation that she has left behind her past life. [3] [4] [7] This depiction of princess-like yoginis is common in Deccan art. Examples of this include a painting in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal ...

  5. Jizz (birding) - Wikipedia

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    Sean Dooley described jizz as "the indefinable quality of a particular species, the 'vibe' it gives off" and notes that although it is "dismissed by many as some kind of birding alchemy, there is some physical basis to the idea of jizz." [6] Experienced birders can often make reliable identifications in the field at a glance by using jizz.

  6. Category:Birds in art - Wikipedia

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    Bird (mathematical artwork) Bird in Hand (painting) Bird in Space; Bird on Money; Bird stone; Bird-and-flower painting; Birds in Meitei culture; The Birds of America; The Birds (painting) Black Stork in a Landscape; The Blind Girl; The Blue Bird (Metzinger) Bouquet près de la fenêtre; The Boyhood of Raleigh; Bushel with ibex motifs

  7. The Birds of America - Wikipedia

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    The Birds of America is a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, containing illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States. It was first published as a series in sections between 1827 and 1838, in Edinburgh and London.

  8. Peterson Field Guides - Wikipedia

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    PFG 1: A Field Guide to the Birds (1934), by Roger Tory Peterson . Second edition (1939): A Field Guide to the Birds Third edition (1947): A Field Guide to the Birds Fourth edition (1980): A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America

  9. Joseph Smit - Wikipedia

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    He also did the lithography for his friend [4] Joseph Wolf's Zoological Sketches, as well as Daniel Giraud Elliot's monographs on the Phasianidae and Paradisaeidae. Beginning in the 1870s, he worked on the Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum (1874–1898, edited by Richard Bowdler Sharpe ), and later on Lord Lilford 's Coloured Figures ...