'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' Finish:Single helmet and orb in lower

helmet and orb in lower border

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Plate 1 from A Description of the Muscles of the Human Body

'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' Finish:Single helmet and orb in lowerOrnithological studies of the skulls and bills of exotic birds. Figure A is most likely the Black skimmer Rynchops niger from North America. Figure B is the Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros from Sumatra. Figures C and D are other, unidentified hornbills from the Philippines and Sumatra. Plate 281 from chapter 71 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for