Fish hawk / [John James Audubon]. [1830?]

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Fish hawk / [John James Audubon]. [1830?]

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Description of the osprey (Audubon called it a fish hawk) written for vol. 1 of his Ornithological biography that accompanied the double elephant folio of Birds of America. The manuscript includes 22 corrections and 3 pencil notes by Elliott Coues.

[6] p. ; 42 cm.

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