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Harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja (near threatened) and crested eagle, Morphnus guianensis.
Harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja (near threatened) and crested eagle, Morphnus guianensis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Terreni, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.
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