The Great Auk and its Egg
Slide 27 of Foreign birds taken in captivity, or from museum specimens (lecture: Flatters and Garnett, at least 27 slides, in/before 1924)
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Manchester Museum Collection – reproduced by permission.
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The image of the egg is a photograph, and that of the bird is a drawing, signed 'R.E. Holding 88'.
Example in Manchester Museum Collection
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