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Title page of first edition
Title page of first edition
Frontispiece of 1802 edition of the Ornithological Dictionary, showing a cirl bunting. Montagu discovered the species near his home in Devon.
Frontispiece of 1802 edition of the Ornithological Dictionary, showing a cirl bunting. Montagu discovered the species near his home in Devon.
The start of the Ornithological Dictionary's article on the cirl bunting
The start of the Ornithological Dictionary's article on the cirl bunting
Montagu's book was considered the first major advance in British ornithology since Francis Willughby and John Ray's 1676 Ornithologia libri tres.
Montagu's book was considered the first major advance in British ornithology since Francis Willughby and John Ray's 1676 Ornithologia libri tres.
Butterflies from the 1828 edition
Butterflies from the 1828 edition
Blackcock and pin-tailed sandgrouse. 1828 edition
Blackcock and pin-tailed sandgrouse. 1828 edition
Cyligramma limacina, an illustration from Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville's Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier 1829–1844
Cyligramma limacina, an illustration from Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville's Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier 1829–1844
Spiny dogfish. 1828 edition
Spiny dogfish. 1828 edition