Pharomacrus Antisianus Spain Although foxlike in its color

Although foxlike in its color

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Jessie Lamb

Cervin Robinson

Showing a family posing for a photograph at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia

Pharomacrus Antisianus Spain Although foxlike in its colorJohn Gould, regarded by many as the greatest bird artist and publisher in Britain, produced fifteen folio sets during his career. The book on view is dedicated to a tropical bird called the "trogon." In his preface to the book, Gould wrote: "If not strictly elegant in form, the Trogons in the brilliancy of their plumage are surpassed only by the Trochilidae [toucans]: their splendor amply compensates for every other defect." The illustrations for this