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Detail of Plate 84 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Blue-grey Fly-catcher, now more commonly called the Blue-grey Gnat-catcher.
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Plate 95 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Yellow-poll Warbler, now more commonly known as the Palm Warbler.
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Detail of Plate 82 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Whip-poor-will.
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Plate 92 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Pigeon-hawk, now known as the Merlin.
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Detail of Plate 81 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Fish Hawk or Osprey.
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Detail of Plate 80 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Prairie Titlark, now more commonly called the Water Pipit. This is another one of those ‘little brown birds’ that don’t wow people, but this painting does demonstrate Audubon’s talent for showing how extraordinary the ordinary can be.
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