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Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948

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[Tropical Birds, group of six plates] / Monogram on each plate "R/B/H"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 253
Scope and Contents

Six plates illustrating tropical birds in their habitats: Flamingos, Hummingbirds, Quetzals, Cocks of the Rock, Toucans, and Curassom. Inscription: Under each plate "Flamingo - Phoenicopterus/Hummingbird - Calypta helende/Quetzal - Pharamachurus nociano/Cock of the Rock - Rupicold rupicola/Toucan - Ramphastos pisciunrus/Curasson - Craxglobicera" LL "9 + 10." Each plate 2 5/8 x 3 3/8, Created but never used for Nature Magazine.

Dates: circa 1920s