#francis orpen morris

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A new variant has been added!

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) © Francis Orpen Morris

It hatches from beautiful, blue, brackish, common, fresh, high, inconspicuous, low, orange, shrill, shy, small, turquoise, and unmistakable eggs.

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[nondaybyday]

Original Bird Egg Print, Waxwing & Nuthatch Eggs, Reverend Morris 1851

数点続けてご紹介している図版ですが、19世紀アイルランド人の自然史家 Francis Orpen Morris（フランシス・オーペン・モリス）さんの著書に掲載されたものです。図版を担当したのは同じアイルランド生まれのイギリス人水彩画家 Alexander Francis Lydon（アレクサンダー・フランシス・ライドン）さん。彼らが手掛けたイギリスの鳥の歴史に関する本は、当時人気を呼びシリーズ化されました。子供向けの本なども出版しています。

やわらかな色合いの連雀（レンジャク）と五十雀（ゴジュウカラ）の卵。何点か並べてディスプレイしても素敵です。最初のアオガラの巣と卵のテキストに「リトグラフ」と書きましたが、調べたところ「手彩色の木版画」でしたので訂正いたします。

#Antique #print #England

[morbidigliani]

Bu sefer olumlu hissetmek istiyorum.

Egg & Nest, Francis Orpen Morris, 1853

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Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | Francis Orpen Morris | Wikimedia Commons (Dominio public)

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Do you ever hear birds with a British accent? Well, not likely, but these four birds are from one of our beautiful 19th-century natural history titles, the six-volume History of British Birds, by Francis Orpen Morris. These hand-colored copper engravings were printed by the esteemed Benjamin Fawcett...

#birds #natural history #great britain #francis orpen morris #benjamin fawcett #hand-colored #copper engravings

[scuacolgate]

Creatures, Real and Imagined

                     Reverend F.O. Morris was an Irish clergyman who studied and wrote about natural history. “An instinctive general love of nature, that is, in other words, of the works of God, has been implanted by Him, the Great Architect of the universe — the Great Parent of all — in the mind of every man. There is no one, whether old or young, or of whatever circumstances or rank in life, who can look without any feeling or emotion on the handiworks of Creation which surround him — who can behold a rich sunset, a storm, the sea, a tree, a mountain, a river, a rainbow, a flower, without some degree of admiration, and some measure of thought.” – Preface to the first edition of A History of British Butterflies (1853)     (SK)

Special Collections and University Archives, Colgate University Libraries, QL555.E5 M65 1871. Illustration by Francis Orpen Morris, 1810-1893, from “A natural history of British moths …” Lithograph produced by E. Brown, York; Newbald & Stead, York.

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[mechanicalcurator]

Image from 'The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. 1, 2. (Vol. 3-5. A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen ... of Great Britain and Ireland. With descriptive letterpress.)', 002554866

Author: MORRIS, Francis Orpen.

Volume: 02

Page: 486

Year: 1866

Place: London

Publisher: Longmans & Co.

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A new variant has been added!

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) © Francis Orpen Morris

It hatches from black, central, common, concrete, limited, loving, natural, relative, similar, small, and white eggs.

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Image taken from page 212 of 'The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. 1, 2. (Vol. 3-5. A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen ... of Great Britain and Ireland. With descriptive letterpress.)'

Image taken from: Title: "The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. 1, 2. (Vol. 3-5. A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen ... of Great Britain and Ireland. With descriptive letterpress.)" Author: MORRIS, Francis Orpen. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10360.k.20." Volume: 02 Page: 212 Place of Publishing: London Date of Publishing: 1866 Publisher: Longmans & Co. Issuance: monographic Identifier: 002554866 Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Open the page in the British Library's itemViewer (page image 212) Download the PDF for this book Image found on book scan 212 (NB not a pagenumber)Download the OCR-derived text for this volume: (plain text) or (json) Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Order a higher quality version from here. from BLPromptBot https://ift.tt/2RDDwWC

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Publisher’s Binding Thursday & Feathursday! 

It's nearing Spring in the northern hemisphere, so that means that baby birds are on the way! Cover of A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds (1896) by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, revised for the 4th edition by William Bernhard Tegetmeier. Contributed for digitization by University of California Libraries via @internetarchive.

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年始のごあいさつ

本年もどうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。 皆さまにとって実りある年となりますように！

RUFF / A History of British Birds by Rev Francis Orpen Morris, engraved by Alexander Francis Lydon, drawn by Benjamin Fawcett

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bugün balkona çıktığımda geçenlerde kayıt altına aldığım serçe üst balkonun klima ünitesine kondu ve sanki bana birşeyler anlatır gibi ötmeye başladı. duygusal konuşma resmimdeki gibi yan yana gelmiştik. sonra okuduğum kitapta kör bir kızın şu cümlesiyle karşılaştım 'dünya gerçekten de kuşların anlattığı kadar güzel mi?'

Sparrow, Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893)

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[podartists]

Prunella collaris | Francis Orpen Morris | Wikimedia Commons (Dominio public)

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The dunnock

Religiously sinful; debauchery in the hedgerow

Dunnocks; I’m sure you’ve seen these guys hopping about in your garden, and I expect you thought they were sparrows. You’d be forgiven for thinking this, considering what they look like and that their other common name is ‘hedge sparrow’. They are brown and grey inconspicuous little birds which often go unnoticed in the garden, but are actually not closely related to sparrows themselves. However, these seemingly plain LBJs (little brown jobs) may look boring, but they hide a bit of a naughty secret. But I’ll get to that in a bit.

Britain’s love for nature really blossomed during the nineteenth century, with scientists like Charles Darwin paving the way for how we view the natural world today. It became a popular hobby amongst amateurs too, and one such amateur was an Irish priest named Reverend Francis Orpen Morris. Morris spent much of his adult life in Yorkshire and became the Deacon of Dewsbury in 1834. He was what was known as a ‘parish-naturalist’, a title given to clergymen who would study the natural world and science as an extension of their religious beliefs. Morris came from a family of nature lovers (and clergymen), so it is unsurprising that he continued these trends into his own life.

Giant muttonchops were a legal requirement in the clergy/naturalist world. True story.

He published several books in his lifetime including A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds and A History of British Butterflies which were followed by A History of Birds by the mid 1800s (I bet they’re a ripping yarn). He regarded birds to be of high moral standing, and the dunnock in particular was ‘humble in behaviour, drab and sober in its dress’, one from which we humans could certainly learn a thing or two, he undoubtedly thought. After studying these modest birds a while, he announced that they mated for life. Whilst this is certainly true for many birds, it turns out to be spectacularly untrue for dunnocks. Allow me to explain.

When a female dunnock is ready to mate, she will find her chosen male and hide away in a hedgerow with him. Once they have mated, and when Mr Dunnock is not looking, she will sneak off and copulate with other males as well. But if he finds out that she has indeed been unfaithful, he will get upset, slam the door, and encourage her to give up the sperm deposited by the intruder. She will do so, and then let Mr Dunnock mate with her once more (make-up sex). Pizza and cigarettes after probs.

“I’m going to need to confiscate this, Madam”

It sounds confusing, but there is a very simple, very smart reason the females act in this odd and saucy way. During the nesting season, all birds who have mated will help to feed the young. By mating with two males, the female ensures that both of them will help her to feed and raise the chicks. Mr Dunnock, by making sure that only his sperm is used, guarantees that the offspring will all be his. Bit-on-the-side male remains none the wiser that he has been duped out of fatherhood, and so continues to offer help with feeding the young. Smart, eh?

“He’s just a friend, I swear!”

So, it seems that dunnocks, although outwardly faithful, are actually rather indifferent towards their nuptials. Or maybe they’re just into the retro, communal style of raising kids. Who knew such illicit liaisons were happening right under your hedge? It’s like an episode of a trashy soap out there! Dunnocks certainly aren’t the gleaming beacon of loyalty that Reverend Morris once declared them to be. I wonder what he would say to these shocking conclusions if he were around today...

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Antique nest egg print 1875年のものが今ここに… 鳥類学者「Francis Orpen Morris」による図鑑の１枚 ・ #アンティーク #ビンテージ #インテリア #バード #アンティークポスター #nest #antique #egg #oldprint #tv_retro #tv_neat #oldpaper

#アンティークポスター #インテリア #antique #tv_neat #egg #バード #アンティーク #oldprint #tv_retro #nest #oldpaper #ビンテージ