Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A crested boatbill (Cancroma cochlearia) and common heron (Ardea cinerea). Coloured engraving, ca. 1808, after S. Edwards.
A crested boatbill (Cancroma cochlearia) and common heron (Ardea cinerea). Coloured engraving, ca. 1808, after S. Edwards.
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A crested boatbill (Cancroma cochlearia) and common heron (Ardea cinerea). Coloured engraving, ca. 1808, after S. Edwards.

Sydenham Teast Edwards · 1808

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: 1 Ardea brasiliensis, or Brasilian bittern. 2 Ardea grus, or common crane 3 Cancroma cochlearia, or crested boatbill 4 Ardea major, or common heron ; Drawn from life by S. Edwards

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