<br><p><b>Identifier</b>: naturalhistoryof01phi (<a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&amp;profile=default&amp;fulltext=Search&amp;search=insource%3A%2Fnaturalhistoryof01phi%2F">find matches</a>)<br><b>Title</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidnaturalhistoryof01phi">A natural history of the ducks</a><br><b>Year</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1922">1922</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1920">1920s</a>)<br><b>Authors</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorPhillips__John_C___John_Charles___1876_1938">Phillips, John C. (John Charles), 1876-1938</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorBenson__Frank_Weston__1862_1951__ill">Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, ill</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorBrooks__Allan__1869_1946__ill">Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946, ill</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorFuertes__Louis_Agassiz__1874_1927__ill">Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927, ill</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorGr__nvold__Henrik__1858_1940__ill">Grönvold, Henrik, 1858-1940, ill</a><br><b>Subjects</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectDucks">Ducks</a><br><b>Publisher</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherBoston_">Boston </a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisher_New_York___Houghton_Mifflin_Company_">New York : Houghton Mifflin Company </a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisher_Cambridge___The_Riverside_Press">Cambridge : The Riverside Press</a><br><b>Contributing Library</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorSmithsonian_Libraries">Smithsonian Libraries</a><br><b>Digitizing Sponsor</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorBiodiversity_Heritage_Library">Biodiversity Heritage Library</a><br><br><b>View Book Page</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/naturalhistoryof01phi/naturalhistoryof01phi#page/n168/mode/1up">Book Viewer</a><br><b>About This Book</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof01phi">Catalog Entry</a><br><b>View All Images</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidnaturalhistoryof01phi">All Images From Book</a><br>
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<p>Phillips, John C. (John Charles), 1876-1938;
Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, ill;
Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946, ill;
Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927, ill;
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Grönvold, Henrik, 1858-1940, ill
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