'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' Finish:none a silverfish (Fig

a silverfish (Fig

and together with the line-up of guests already signed it looks as though we are heading for our biggest season ever

John Hurst

19th July 1963

Elizabeth of Woodville

'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' Finish:none a silverfish (FigOrnithological 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