Great bustard, Otis tarda (vulnerable), and

Great bustard, Otis tarda (vulnerable), and common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.. 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 Plie, 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 Bustard Charadrius Dictionary Dumont Hiaticula Jean Francois Jean-francois Josephines Levrault Otis Plie Plover Pretre Ringed Sainte Croixs Sainte-croixs Stipple Tarda Turpin Vulnerable

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