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A crested boatbill (Cancroma cochlearia) and common heron (Ardea cinerea). Coloured engraving, ca. 1808, after S. Edwards.

Trandate tablets : sandpiper.

A heron and ducks by the water's edge. Engraving by F. Place, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

Two birds, an avocet and spoonbill, by a pond. Engraving.

A roseate tern (Sterna species). Etching by Eliza D.

More hay - more hay fever : fulmar petrel.

An unidentified water bird. Coloured etching.

Hazol drops Hazol spray : herring gull.

Herons on a riverbank. Engraving.

Three canvas-backed ducks (Nyroca valisineria) Reproduction of a painting by J. J. Audubon, ca. 1827.

A common tern (Sterna hirundo). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

A little crake bird. Etching by Eliza D.

A bittern and one of its feathers. Etching.

Trandate tablets : grey plover.

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

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A common tern (Sterna hirundo). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

A little crake bird. Etching by Eliza D.

A bittern and one of its feathers. Etching.

Trandate tablets : grey plover.

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.