Nest of the Golden oriole Burton Plate 28 from La Vraye

Plate 28 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & DemonstrÚe by Jean Cousin (Paris

London Published October 20th 1815 for the Proprietors by C

Henry Addington

Showing the external appearance of the cormorant's stomach

18 December

Nest of the Golden oriole Burton Plate 28 from La VrayeStudy of a golden oriole's nest Oriolus oriolus showing its location in the fork of an oak tree branch and containing a clutch of five eggs. Plate 47 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XLVII Pl. 47 du Loriot. Kirschvogel. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving. 1772