Historical Source
University of Glasgow Library Special Collections
Magpie, corvus pica
£3.50
A history of British birds, Vol.1. Thomas Bewick, Newcastle, 1821.
University of Glasgow Library Special Collections. Sp. Coll. BD6-c.21
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