Illustration by John Gould from The birds of Australia, London, 1840-1869 via the University of Glasgow’s Special Collections Department. (If you’ve ever wanted to see a picture of a Sordid halcyon – or simply know that a bird with such a name exists, click on this link. It and the other illustrations are beautiful. Bert would have thought so too, I’m sure.)
Posted by: awildslimalien | October 7, 2011
The black swan
Posted in Swan | Tags: Bert Jansch, John Gould
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