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Illustrations of the birds of Jamaica — Story, Setting & Ideas
Birds
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History of Birds — Text and Context
Birds
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The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast — A Reader’s Guide
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LQUES Historical Zoology Library — 96 Public-Domain Books on Animals, Medicine & History
The LQUES Historical Zoology Library brings together 96 public-domain texts that cross four subject areas: Animals, Birds, Insects, and Marine Life. The collection’s value lies in the intersections between these categories—bird guides that read like animal biographies, insect studies with agricultural applications, and marine surveys that consider human coexistence with sea life. Whether you’re a naturalist, a young reader, or a researcher, the catalogue offers distinct entry points: start with woodland observations in Animals, explore gentle introductions in Birds, or dive into applied entomology. Each record provides context, source attribution, and links to the full text, encouraging cross-browsing across related themes.
96 public-domain works126 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Animals
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Birds
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Insects
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Marine Life
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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Agricultural zoology — Inside th...
In Marine ...
Australian insects — Reading Com...
In Insects
An introduction to the study of ...
In Marine ...
Bird studies with a camera — Con...
In Birds
British birds — A Closer Reading
In Birds
Illustrations of the birds of Ja...
In Birds
The birds of Jamaica — A Closer ...
In Birds
Cassell's book of birds; vol. 4 ...
In Birds
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