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Chloreus

The chloreus bird fights with ravens; they steal each other's eggs. The chloreus is presumably the grey bird with an egg in its beak; the black bird is the raven.

The image was obtained from the source listed below.

Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes

Manuscript

Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 (Liber de natura rerum), folio 91r

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