Art+of+Life-Examples

toc Challenges to determining names on illustrations in BHL:

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 * Scientific names written in script
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7138687071/in/photostream
 * Abbreviated genus
 * http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38377469
 * Or even the species epithet abbreviated: the synonym "Odontocoelus americanus texensis" shortened as "Odontocoelus a. texensis" http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7115365043/sizes/l/in/photostream/
 * Or the genus omitted and placed elsewhere: http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7115754501/in/set-72157629904763257
 * Names that look like scientific names but aren't
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6992652076/in/photostream
 * Common names in multiple languages
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7109463529/in/photostream/
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7139402847/
 * Where the OCR might be problematic to interpret correctly too: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13804809
 * Illustrations where names are printed on different pages
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6993297968/in/photostream, its list of taxa is 2 pages before it, at
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6966514516/in/photostream/, its list of taxa is a list at
 * Synonyms/Names that have changed
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6754853301/
 * Printed as "Didus cucullatus", today known as "Raphus cucullatus"
 * Landscapes or gardening design that don't have specific organisms listed
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7138915961/in/photostream
 * Hybridized organisms (flower hybrids, trade names, dog breeds)
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7138911713/in/photostream
 * Crazy things like a monkey hitting a bear with a frying pan
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6993029180/in/set-72157629592437894/
 * The text being vertical on the page
 * [|http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/118926#page/624/mode/1up]
 * Multiple species on 1 page
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/5974387133/in/photostream/
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7268643562/ (no species names in book)
 * Multiple illustrations on 1 page
 * [|http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23387924] 1 page with 3 sep photographs each with their own titles
 * [|http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23387707] 1 page with 3 sep photographs (1 illustration) and it has its own copyright date
 * "long s" or "medial s", a printed f instead of an s:
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