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View on the River Schuylkill Near Philadelphia

Cook, G. (1812). View on the River Schuylkill Near Philadelphia [Steel engraving], Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The description of the Cerulean Warbler is attributed to the Scottish poet and naturalist Alexander Wilson, the father of American ornithology, whose unique work in its time and nature served as a precedent and inspiration for those who continued to do science in this field. 

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