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white-winged crossbill red crossbill
Quizzes
Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.
Ultimate Animals Quiz
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Animal Group Names
pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae
Ultimate Bird Trivia Quiz
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
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Prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus) in mid-flight.
11 Questions About Birds Answered
Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
8 Birds That Can’t Fly
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Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm
9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies (And What They Tell Us)
The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
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crossbill: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added images of white-winged and red crossbills. Jun 30, 2010
Article revised and updated. Oct 17, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Crossbill. May 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Trees for Life - Scottish crossbill. Oct 11, 2007
Added new Web site: Birds of Britain - Crossbill. Oct 11, 2007
Added new Web site: BirdGuides - Common Crossbill. Oct 11, 2007
Added new Web site: Free Pet Care - Crossbill. Oct 11, 2007
Added new Web site: Nutty Birdwatcher - White-winged Crossbill. Oct 11, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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