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Magpie - Pica pica
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Common name: Magpie

Scientific name: Pica pica

Accession number: 031

Materials: Watercolour on paper

When painted: February, 1834

Inscription on reverse: "Magpie. Corvus Pica. Male and Female. The latter from a specimen presented by Mr Macduff Carfrae. Edinburgh, 16th February, 1834."

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