Merlin. Male. Immature Plumage.
E. Neale. [n.d., c.1880.] Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 335 x 430mm (13¼ x 17"). A young merlin with its prey, in a coastal landscape. Edward Neale (1833-1904) provided illustrations for a number of bird books: this plate is probably from E.T. Booth's ''Rough Notes on the Birds observed during 25 years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Isles''.
[Ref: 50328] £60.00
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