Pileated by Fuertes (1903)

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I found this reproduction of a work by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) some years ago on e-bay. It is from an obscure SUNY publication from 1951, and was published without copyright notice. (Such notice was required for copyright at that time.) As far as I can determine, this work is in the public domain. I have not seen this work reproduced elsewhere.The legend in the original publication notes it is "from a previously unpublished sketch from life by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 1903...Courtesy of Department of Birds, American Museum of Natural History".It is a very good color half-tone, but has some foxing and a few printing glitches. After descreening and some retouching, I was happy enough with the results to share it.