With many thanks to User:Huskyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Husky some 250 historic images of birds of the Netherlands were donated to Commons earlier this month. The images come from the book Nederlandsche Vogelenhttp://www.kb.nl/themas/boekkunst-en-geillustreerde-boeken/nederlandsche-vogelen-van-nozeman-en-sepp (“Birds of the Netherlands”, 1770-1829) by Nozemanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Nozeman, Sepphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepp_family_%28publishing%29 and Houttuynhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinus_Houttuyn from the collection of the national library of The Netherlands. The images can be found in Category:Nederlandsche vogelen van Nozeman en Sepphttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nederlandsche_vogelen_van_Nozeman_en_Sepp For every bird the following names have been added * Modern scientific name of bird depicted * Modern English name of bird depicted * Modern Dutch name of bird depicted * Dutch name as mentioned in book * Latin name as mentioned in book * Items depicted on plate Because of the Latin names all birds are in their corresponding categories, see or instance Alauda arvensishttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alauda_arvensis. We hope that the English and Latin names will help uptake on non-Dutch Wiki-projects. With kind regards

Olaf Janssen

Wikipedia & open data coordinator

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