Long_Leg'd_Plover_in_Flora_Scotica_by_John_Lightfoot.jpg
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Summary
Description Long Leg'd Plover in Flora Scotica by John Lightfoot.jpg |
English:
"Long Leg'd Plover" in
Flora Scotica
, one of a few birds listed in John Lightfoot's 1777 book. Drawn by Moses Griffiths; engraved by Peter Mazell.
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Source | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/62654#page/90/mode/1up |
Author | John Lightfoot (author); Moses Griffiths (artist); Peter Mazell (engraver) |
Appears to be a vagrant Black-Winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus .
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