Dutch hookbill duck, Anas boschas var. curvirostra.

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Dutch hookbill duck, Anas boschas var. curvirostra. Type of Mallard duck bred in Holland. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own "British Ornithology," Walworth, 1813. Graves was a bookseller, publisher, artist, engraver and colorist and worked on botanical and ornithological books.

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Size: 3264px × 4897px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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