'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' doge 'Between the Acts'

'Between the Acts'

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Lord Mayor's Coach

This dish (c1550) is that reputedly used by the Princess Elizabeth when she dined at the Henry VIII Head Tavern after her release from the Tower in May 1554

'Four curious Beaks of Birds, but little known' doge 'Between the Acts'Ornithological studies of the skulls and bills of exotic birds. Figure A is most likely the Black skimmer Rynchops niger from North America. Figure B is the Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros from Sumatra. Figures C and D are other, unidentified hornbills from the Philippines and Sumatra. Plate 281 from chapter 71 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for