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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

White-bellied Green Pigeon. (via 1842))

White-bellied Green Pigeon.

(via 1842))

Domestic Rooster: Gallus domesticus (via Antique print picture of Domestic Rooster by Travies)

Domestic Rooster: Gallus domesticus

(via Antique print picture of Domestic Rooster by Travies)

European birds. (via Evropské ptactva (Europas Vögel), Tafelband (1871))

European birds.

(via Evropské ptactva (Europas Vögel), Tafelband (1871))

Wren; Grey Wagtail Wasserschmätzer; Zaunkönig; Gebirgsstelze Troglodytes troglodytes; Motacilla cinerea (via Brehm Die Vögel. Erster Band: Baumvögel (1891))

Wren; Grey Wagtail Wasserschmätzer; Zaunkönig; Gebirgsstelze Troglodytes troglodytes; Motacilla cinerea (via Brehm Die Vögel. Erster Band: Baumvögel (1891))

Buteo hemolasius (via Description des oiseaux (1842))

Buteo hemolasius (via Description des oiseaux (1842))

The Red-billed Blue Magpie, is a species of bird in the crow family Corvidae.  (via Description des oiseaux observés au Japon par les voyageurs Hollandais (1842))

The Red-billed Blue Magpie, is a species of bird in the crow family Corvidae. 

(via Description des oiseaux observés au Japon par les voyageurs Hollandais (1842))

 Japanese Sparrowhawks (Astur gularis=Accipiter gularis), in an illustration from Fauna Japonica (via Description des oiseaux observés au Japon par les voyageurs Hollandais (1842))

 Japanese Sparrowhawks (Astur gularis=Accipiter gularis), in an illustration from Fauna Japonica

(via Description des oiseaux observés au Japon par les voyageurs Hollandais (1842))

Athene fortis; Athene strenua (via A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent islands. (1838))

Athene fortis; Athene strenua

(via A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent islands. (1838))

The Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the turkey buzzard (or just buzzard), and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John crow or carrion crow

The Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the turkey buzzard (or just buzzard), and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John crow or carrion crow

(Source: smithsonianlibraries.si.edu)

John James Audubon Cygnus buccinator, Trumpeter Swan

John James Audubon

Cygnus buccinator, Trumpeter Swan