THOMAS GENTRY Antique Gold Crowned Kinglet & Egg Color Lithograph, circa 1882, inscription reads Golden Crown Kinglet, subject shows a nest with two birds on branches on either side of it with an egg represented in the lower right. Window measures approx 11 in. L x 8 1/2 in. W, frame measures approx 20 1/4 in. L x 17 1/2 in. W, wood frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed, not examined out of frame. THOMAS G. GENTRY (1843-1905) was an American educator, ornithologist, naturalist and animal rights writer. Gentry authored an early work applying the term intelligence to plants. Gentry resided in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Gentry was an elected member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Canadian Entomological Society and the Nuttall Ornithological Club. He authored scientific articles in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences and The Auk. He also expressed interest in Walt Whitman's poetry and exchanged letters with him. Gentry authored the two-volume Life-Histories of the Birds of