Songbirds: nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos 1, red bird, northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis 2, black bird, Turdus merula 3 and song thrush, Turdus philomelos 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Pass after an illustration by J. Stead from William Augustus Osbaldiston’s The British Sportsman, or Nobleman, Gentleman and Farmer’s Dictionary of Recreation and Amusement, J. Stead, London, 1792.

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Size: 4452px × 6007px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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