Cape bishop, Euplectes capensis 1, and pin-tailed parrotfinch, Erythrura prasina 2. Gros-bec de Coromandel, Gros-bec de Java. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved Francois Nicolas Martinet from George Comte de Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, Paris, 1749-1804.

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