Chestnut-Headed Bee-Eater ('Merops Leschenaulti'). From an album of 51 drawings of birds and mammals made at Bencoolen, Sumatra, for Sir Stamford Raff

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Chestnut-Headed Bee-Eater ('Merops Leschenaulti'). From an album of 51 drawings of birds and mammals made at Bencoolen, Sumatra, for Sir Stamford Raffles. Watercolour. Originally published in Illustrated by J Briois.

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License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: animal, bee-eater, bird, briois, historical, history, illustration, image, techniques, watercolor, watercolour