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inscribed "May 1914 Page 526" on back The Marsh Hawk (lot 250), Osprey (lot 252), Turkey Buzzard (lot 253), and Bald Eagle (lot 249) are "pictured together on page 526 of the May 1914 issue of "National Geographic" magazine. The facing page contains a short description of each bird and its range and behavior. The introduction to the article titled "Birds of Town and Country" says, "The 64 colored pictures of common birds of the United States, which illustrate the following article by Dr. Henshaw, were prepared especially for the "National Geographic" magazine by the artist-naturalist, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and represent many months of work by him and by the engraver and printer... [National Geographic] has now given its readers, at the cost of many thousands of dollars, a complete pictorial description of the 114 more common birds of our country." Henry W. Henshaw, Chief of the U.S. Biological Survey, writes, "To awaken interest in the study of our bird neighbors is the chief object of this paper. The free use of colored illustrations to facilitate identification precludes the necessity for long and detailed descriptions. As all the birds illustrating the text are from the brush of the well-known artist, Fuertes, they need no commendation, but may be permitted to sing their own praises."