In an attempt to be more useful this year, I will introduce you to the Biodiversity Heritage Library. The image above was borrowed from it and the BHL will be of some interest to just about everyone. It consists of the digitized contents of other botanical, biological and natural history libraries from around the world. The link provided above is all you need.
Women in Natural History
To illustrate the size and comprehensiveness of the BHL, look at this sub-set which relates to the contributions women have made to natural history. There are almost a half million pages, digitized from over 1000 volumes. I chose just one title which will appeal to birders and just about anyone else with a modicum of curiosity.
Ms Merriam was an early bird protector who later became Mrs. Bailey and also wrote Birds Through an Opera Glass which is also available in the BHL.
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