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Exotic Birds and Fruit

Exotic Birds and Fruit, by Procol Harum. 1974. Chrysalis Records.

Cover painting by Hungarian painter Jakob Bogdani, 1658-1724. The front cover painting was reproduced by kind permission of Roy Miles Fine Paintings, London.
From Wikipedia: Known for his bird paintings, Bogdani featured an array of exotic species such as cockatoos, macaws, and mynas, which were likely to have been imported to European menageries at the time. He mixed them with familiar European birds such as great and blue tits, European green woodpeckers and Eurasian jays. He would often highlight a painting with a bird of red plumage, such as a scarlet ibis, red avadavat or northern cardinal.[4]

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