'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' Finish:none John Hurst

John Hurst

Lord Francis Conyngham

and together with the line-up of guests already signed it looks as though we are heading for our biggest season ever

and new tower of the Royal Exchange

'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' Finish:none John HurstOrnithological studies of the skulls and bills of exotic birds. Figure A is most likely the Black skimmer Rynchops niger from North America. Figure B is the Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros from Sumatra. Figures C and D are other, unidentified hornbills from the Philippines and Sumatra. Plate 281 from chapter 71 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for