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Image taken from page 280 of ‘History for ready reference, from the best historians … Their own words in a complete system of history … With … maps … by A. C. Reiley’

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Title: "History for ready reference, from the best historians … Their own words in a complete system of history … With … maps … by A. C. Reiley"
Author: LARNED, Joseph Nelson.
Contributor: REILEY, Alan Campbell.
Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9009.m.10."
Volume: 01
Page: 280
Place of Publishing: Springfield, Mass
Date of Publishing: 1895
Publisher: C. A. Nichols Co.
Issuance: monographic
Identifier: 002078454

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Image from page 11 of “The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original

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Identifier: naturalhistoryof71816dono
Title: The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens
Year: 1794 (1790s)
Authors: Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837 Latham, John, 1740-1837 Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 Gilbert, Richard, 1794-1852, printer Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837. Natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Systema naturae. Regnum animale F. and C. Rivington (Firm), publisher F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), publisher Law and Gilbert, printer R. & R. Gilbert (Firm), printer Leverian Museum (London, England)
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London : Printed for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington …
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PLATE CXLIX. COLUMBA ALBINOTATA.SPOTTED NECKED, OR PANCOU TURTLE. Passeres. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill ftraight, defcending towards the tip : noftrils oblong, half co-vered with a foft tumid membrane. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SFNONFMS. Feathers of the fides of the neck black, with a round white fpotnear the tip of each. CoLUMBA TURTUR /S *. T. pennis ad colli latera omnibus nigris, macula prope apicem rotunda alba notatis. GmeLLinn, Syjl. Nat. 786. B2. Spotted Necked Turtle. Lath, Syn. V. 4./. 645, 40 A* var. Ind, Orn, T, ^.p, 606. There is nothing perhaps in the prefent ftate of Natural Hiftorythat can more efFedtuall/ impede its promotion than the alteration olVol. VII. B names PLATE CXLIX. names fufficiently eftablifhed to be undcrllood by the generality ofcolle6lors. Novelty, in this refpe^t, fhould be always regarded withcaution, becaufe at the leaft it is calculatetl to confufe and miflead,and when it arifes from affeftation merely, becomes highly reprehen-fible. Neither is it lefs inaturalhistoryof71816dono

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1953 Volkswagen Pickup… This is believed to be part of the very first shipment of Volkswagens into Canada back in 1953… Sold new in Camrose, Alberta at a Volkswagen Nash dealership…

[I attended the annual History Road show, at the Reynolds Alberta (Transport) Museum here in Alberta, almost didn’t go because of the threat of rain…]