Unknown species of scoter, possibly common scoter

Unknown species of scoter, possibly common scoter, Melanitta nigra, or velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca (vulnerable). De Avibus, de Anate fera fusca vel media. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Lucas Schan and Conrad Gessner from Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium, De avium natura, (Natural history of animals: birds), Frankfurt, Wechel for Cambier, 1585

16th Century Cambier Conrad Gesner Conrad Gessner De Avibus De Avium Natura Historiae Animalium Lucas Schan Lukas Schan Natural History Natural History Of Animals Ornithological Art Scoter Vulnerable Wechel Woodblock

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