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Foreign Birds in Colour (2010)

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Photographs of reproductions of photographs of birds from the book of the same name.

Here is the text from the promotional poster; also appropriated from the book:

FOREIGN BIRDS
in colour

UNNECESSARY DISAPPOINTMENTS MIGHT WELL BRING TO A
PREMATURE END A HOBBY THAT WAS STARTED WITH ENTHUSIASM

IN NATURE, THE MOST INTIMATE DETAILS OF
BIRD LIFE ARE UNSEEN

MAN HAS ALWAYS FOUND INTEREST AND PLEASURE IN DOMESTIC PETS. BIRDS HAVE PROVED AN ESPECIAL SOURCE OF DELIGHT TO MANY PEOPLE. TODAY THERE ARE A VAST NUMBER OF BIRD KEEPERS AND FANCIERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. FORTUNATELY BIRD KEEPING IS NOW CARRIED OUT UNDER MUCH HAPPIER CONDITIONS WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO FLY FREELY.