'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' Finish:none Que les Anglaises sont Betes'

Que les Anglaises sont Betes'

in Epping Forest

John Hurst

Elizabeth of Woodville

19th July 1963

'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' Finish:none Que les Anglaises sont Betes'Ornithological studies of the skulls and bills of exotic birds. Figure A is most likely the Black skimmer Rynchops niger from North America. Figure B is the Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros from Sumatra. Figures C and D are other, unidentified hornbills from the Philippines and Sumatra. Plate 281 from chapter 71 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for