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Sunday, 2 August 2009

Lear's coloured birds

A list of Edward Lear's "coloured birds" from Queery Leary Nonsense, A Lear Nonsense Book, 1911, edited by Lady Strachey of Sutton Court, with an introduction by the Earl of Cromer G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I. From the Edward Lear Homepage here
The Light Red Bird
The Black Bird
The Scroobious Bird
The Dark Blue Bird
The Gray Bird
The Runcible Bird
The Purple Bird
The Pink Bird
The Light Green Bird
The White Bird
The Lilac Bird
The Brown Bird
The Spotty Bird
The Stripy Bird
The Light Blue Bird
The Dark Green Bird
The Orange Coloured Bird
The Crimson Bird
The Dark Red Bird
The Yellow Bird

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