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A print from the 1990 book by S. Peter Dance titled Classic Natural History Prints - Birds. The artist was John Gerrard Keulemans (1893-1900).
When I saw this print for sale on EBay, I just had to buy it. Since then I have bought a copy of the book from which it was taken. I wanted to compare this O'o print to other's work (clicking link opens a new browser window).
From the German Naturalis website: "The cultivation of the Hawaiian Islands had a disastrous effect on the indigenous avifauna. After Europeans arrived in the archipelago, various rails, thrushes, and many of the famous Hawaiian honeycreepers vanished. Another group which suffered heavily were the O-o honeyeaters. All four species of Moho are extinct. These are the Hawaii O-o Moho nobilis, the Molokai O-o Moho bishopi, the Oahu O-o Moho apicalis and the Kauai O-o, Moho braccatus."
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