Chapter 1199 - Audubon Society (1/2)
Chapter 1199: Audubon Society
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio <i class="_hr">Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Li Du did not know much about Audubon, which proved that to work in warehouse auctions, he needed to keep expanding his erudition
Audubon was fareat bird-painter during his lifetiot even more appreciation after his death His very name became a symbol of the cause of animal protection
Founded in 1886, the Audubon Society was an organization with a history of enerations of Americans to love nature Since its foranizations in America
However, it was a little ironic that Audubon used to et specimens At that time, he did not have the concept of environ on his hobby and the popularization of ornithology
Nevertheless, he had beco animals, birds, and the environment Li Du wondered what the birds that died at Audubon’s hands a long tio would think of that
Now he had to entertain Bravo Tompsey and his party The Audubon society was famous and powerful in America, and he treated its representatives with due respect
Bravo was a ed pleasantries
To showed in his speech and manner Cole was the one who had told him about Li Du, and he probably knew quite a bit of Li Du’s identity and work
Li Du finally understood where the buyer had coot the book, he posted about it on his Twitter feed and Facebook page Cole must have seen it and helped him find a buyer
“Can we see the book first?” Bravo asked
Li Du nodded “No problee, and the birds in the illustrations were done in a one-to-one ratio to their real-life counterparts
The first illustration showed three fat birds with yellow and white s on them Bravo saw them and said, “This is the prairie hazelnut The two ones who are fighting are definitely cocks, and the one behind is a hen These are twofor territory and aabove was more beautiful and cos, beside which there were four birds either standing on the treetop or flying in the air On a branch, there was a large snake with a white belly and black scales
“These are the nest and eggs of the brown curve-billed bird They are the s, and they fight their best to protect those”
In this way, the five an to read and discuss what they saw
On the back cover, there were two birds together One had blue feathers and the other had purple Both looked extre this picture, all five people exclaimed,
“Oh, look here No prototype has been found yet This is like an extinct bird of paradise”
“Look hoell-preserved the cover is Otherin such good condition”
“Yes, the back cover of the Smithsonian’s Birds of America was badly worn, too It was the first tie so clearly”
“It is not a real species, is it? It doesn’t like any bird I know ”