FIERY PARAKEET. FIERY PARAKEET (Platycercus ignitus). The collection resulted in Gould's most famous work, The Birds of Australia, 7 vol. (1845-63). He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843.
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TROGON GIGAS. The collection resulted in Gould's most famous work, The Birds of Australia, 7 vol. (1845-63). He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843. The species is Indian and the largest of its genus.
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The collection resulted in Gould's most famous work, The Birds of Australia, 7 vol. (1845-63). He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843. This 'black bird of paradise' retains that colour only in certain lights, and at the first opportunity is seen to gleam with orange and green and blue reflections which make it one of the most gorgeous of its race.
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The collection resulted in Gould's most famous work, The Birds of Australia, 7 vol. (1845-63). He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843. The peculiar features of this bird of paradise are its double mantle and its two recurving tail feathers.
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Please carefully review all photos. The print has been removed from a book and includes the description page.
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JOHN GOULD'S BIRDS OF EUROPE By Francis Roux - Hardcover *Excellent Condition*.
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BLUE STREAKED LORY. The upper part of the head mask is quite different with its green eye band, and the bird's green shoulders and the green and yellow mottlings on its chest suggest that this is an immature male moulting its female plumage and about to appear in the next season as a cockbird, fully fledged.
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