Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, and

Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, and bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Miss Coignet, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

1780 1845 1780-1845 1816 1830 1816-1830 Bar Tailed Bar-tailed Coignet Dictionary Dumont Godwit Jean Francois Jean-francois Josephines Lapponica Levrault Limosa Pretre Rusticola Sainte Croixs Sainte-croixs Scolopax Stipple Turpin Woodcock

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