Ornithology studies, 1899
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In 1899 an unidentified artist created 21 pages of watercolor paintings of different North American birds accompanied by manuscript descriptions detailing the birds' habitat, size, coloration, distinctions between males and females, and the scale used to render the image. An additional two pages consist of a numbered diagram of a bird identifying various physiological components, with a close-up view of the beak.
In 1899 an unidentified artist created 21 pages of watercolor paintings of different North American birds accompanied by manuscript descriptions detailing the birds' habitat, size, coloration, distinctions between males and females, and the scale used to render the image. An additional two pages consist of a numbered diagram of a bird identifying various physiological components, with a close-up view of the beak.
The following birds are represented in the collection:
- Horned Grebe
- Partridges
- Screech Owls
- Bee or King Birds
- Red Bird or Bobolink
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Baltimore Oriole or Hang-Nest
- Crimson or Purple Finch
- Goldfinch or Salad Bird
- Chipping Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
- Yellow Winged Sparrow
- English Sparrow
- Snow Bird
- Cardinal Bird
- Rose Breasted Grosbeak
- Indigo Bunting
- Scarlet Tanager
- Cedar Bird
- American Redstart
- Common Blue Bird
- Maryland Yellow Warbler
- Blue Jay
The pages were previously bound into a volume and most contain page numbers in the top left corner, revealing the loss of a number of pages.