1. librarycompany:
“ This funny little Coot (Fulica alai) found in our copy of Charles Wilkes’ Narrative of the United States exploring expedition… shows our disproportionate feathered friend in a stunning hand colored plate by Titian Ramsay...

    librarycompany:

    This funny little Coot (Fulica alai) found in our copy of Charles Wilkes’ Narrative of the United States exploring expedition…  shows our disproportionate feathered friend in a stunning hand colored plate by Titian Ramsay Peale. 

    Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1840, 1841, 1842.   Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1845.

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