Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago.

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Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago. Handcoloured copperplate drawn by Samuel Howitt and engraved by George Graves from Graves' "British Ornithology," Walworth, 1812. Graves was a bookseller, publisher, artist, engraver and colorist and worked on botanical and ornithological books.

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Size: 3252px × 4995px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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