Nest of the Golden oriole Size:M: 60 x 40cm March 1992 DM-1894-313

March 1992 DM-1894-313

Showing the muscles of the head

Interior view of the saloon in Sharrington House

and the long-legged Casowary from New South Wales'

from Contributions to solar physics

Nest of the Golden oriole Size:M: 60 x 40cm March 1992 DM-1894-313Study of a golden oriole's nest Oriolus oriolus showing its location in the fork of an oak tree branch and containing a clutch of five eggs. Plate 47 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XLVII Pl. 47 du Loriot. Kirschvogel. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving. 1772