Arthur Butler and Henrik Gronvold "Birds of Great Britain and Ireland" (1890) Warblers, Wrens, Nightingale, Robin Redbreast, etc.

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Birds of Great Britain and Ireland
by Arthur Butler
Illustrated by Henrik Grönvold and F.W. Frohawk
Published by Caxton Publishing Co., London, circa 1890

Original 135-year-old color lithographs (chromolithographs) • Titles in English
Sheet size: approximately 8.75 x 11.25 inches.

Henrik Grönvold

Henrik Grönvold (1858-1940) was a Danish naturalist and artist. From an early age, he developed an interest in natural history and spent his time drawing the birds and animals around him. In his early years he studied drawing in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In 1892, Grönvold left for America by way of England. It was in London that he landed a job preparing bird skeletons for the Natural History Museum. There he developed skill as a taxidermist and established his reputation as an artist. In 1895, Gronvold joined an expedition to the Savage islands, returning later to continue as an artist at the Musem.

By the end of the century, Grönvold’s work was well represented in scientific literature.
He also produced plates of bird eggs (see page 4) , which were quite unusual and rarely found in early bird books.

Click thumbnails for enlargement (note: entire sheet is too large for scanner so margins will not be shown completely, but are present)

Plate 76

Mealy Redpoll

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Plate 77

Lesser Redpoll

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Plate 78

Twite

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Plate 79

Linnet

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Plate 80

House Sparrow

Plate 81

Tree Sparrow

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Plate 82

Chaffinch

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Plate 83

Brambling

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Plate 84

Black-headed Bunting

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Plate 85

Corn Bunting

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Plate 86

Yellow Bunting

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Plate 87

Cirl Bunting

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Plate 88

Ortolan Bunting

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Plate 89

Reed Bunting

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Plate 90

Lapland Bunting

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Plate 91

Snow Bunting

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Plate 92

Starling

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Plate 93

Rose-coloured Starling

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Plate 94

Chouch

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Plate 95

Nutcracker

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Plate 96

Jay

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Magpie
Plate 97

Magpie

Plate 98

Jackdaw

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Plate 100

Carrion Crow

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Plate 101

Hooded Crow

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Plate 102

Rook

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Plate 103

Sky Lark

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Plate 104

Wood Lark

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Plate 105

Crested Lark

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Plate 106

Short-toed Lark

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Plate 107

Shore Lark

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EGGS (drawn by F.W. Frohawk)

Plate I

1-4 Missel Thrush
5-9 Song Thrush
10-17 Blackbird
18-19 Ring Ouzel
20 Wheatear
21-22 Whinchat
23 Stonechat
24 Redstart
25-28 Redbreast (Robin)
29-31 Nightingale

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Plate II

32-34 Whitethroat
35-37 Lesser Whitethroat
38-41 Blackcap
42-44 Garden Warbler
45 Garden Warbler
46-48 Golden-crested Wren
49-51 Chiff Chaff
52-54 Willow Warbler
55 Wood Warbler
56-57 Reed Warbler
58-60 Marsh Warbler
61-62 Sedge Warbler
63 Grasshopper Warbler
64 Savi's Warbler
65-67 Hedge Sparrow
68 Bearded Reeding
69 Long-tailed Tit
70 Dipper
71-72 Great Tit

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Plate III

73-75 Coal Tit
76-77 Marsh Tit
78-81 Blue Tit
82 Crested Tit
83-84 Nuthatch
85-87 Wren
88-90 Tree Creeper
91 Pied Wagtail
92 White Wagtail
93 Grey Wagtail
94 Blue-headed Wagtail
95-96 Yellow Wagtail
97-100 Tree Pipit
101 Meadow Pipit
102 Rock Pipit
103 Golden Oriole
104-108 Red-backed Shrike
109 Woodchat Shrike
110 Pied Flycatcher
111-113 Spotted Flycatcher

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Plate V

156-157 Bramblin
158-167 Linnet
168-171 Redpole
172-173 Twite
174-179 Bullfinch
180 Crossbill
181-187 Corn Bunting
188-195 Yellow Bunting
196-197 Cirl Bunting

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Plate VII

244-254 Sky Lark
255 Wood Lark

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Plate VIII

229-232 Raven
233-236 Carrion Crow
237-240 Hooded Crow
241-244 Rook

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