And a partridge in a . . . lily.
Happy second day of Christmas!—Elizabeth Periale
Top: François-Nicolas Martinet, Ornithologie [Histoire des Oiseaux Peints dans Tous Leurs Aspects Apparents et Sensibles] [Ornithology], 1773-1792, Plate 1: Turkey Dove
From the digital collection, Ornithologie.
Bottom: Mark Catesby, The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants, 1731-43 [1729-48], American Partridge and Attamusco Lily
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