Hummingbird museum display, close-up. This display is part of a series of 24 custom-made cases displaying stuffed hummingbirds. They were built by the

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Hummingbird museum display, close-up. This display is part of a series of 24 custom-made cases displaying stuffed hummingbirds. They were built by the British ornithologist John Gould (1804-1881) for an exhibition in 1851. Gould was Curator and Preserver for the Museum of the Zoological Society of London. The cases are now part of the collections at the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

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Size: 3413px × 5120px
Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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