John Gould Ducks
and Waterfowl Screensaver contains 52 images of ducks
and waterfowl from some of the most magnificent books
of ornithological art produced in the 1800s by John
Gould. It features: ducks, geese, grebe, crane, heron,
pelican, auk, egret, gannet, commorant, gull, swan
and others. John Gould, along with Audubon, was one
of the greatest bird authorities of the 1800s. His
description of Darwin's finches influenced the Theory
of Evolution.

Portrait of John Gould 1849 by T.H.
Maguire
(color
version © Pixel
Paradox)
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