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Male turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, protecting a bantam hen from a predatory hawk. The male flew at the hawk and beat it with his spurs. Anecdote by a New York gentleman with turkeys, bantams and poultry in his yard. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.

Male turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, protecting a bantam hen from a predatory hawk. The male flew at the hawk and beat it with his spurs. Anecdote by a New York gentleman with turkeys, bantams and poultry in his yard. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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Male turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, protecting a bantam hen from a predatory hawk. The male flew at the hawk and beat it with his spurs. Anecdote by a New York gentleman with turkeys, bantams and poultry in his yard. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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7207 x 4199 px | 86.6 MB
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61.0 x 35.6 cm | 24.0 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
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