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Folio 47v f47v Text: The swallow is a skilful nest builder and migrates. Illustration: the portrait of the swallow depicts the bird quite accurately with a forked tail, dark back and red breast. This precise depiction is also found in Ashmole and British Library Roy 12C xix(T). The initial is type 2, with a colour guide ('a') in the margin. One text correction in the margin.

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