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    Image number: RS.10158
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    Nest of the Reed warbler

    Date
    1772
    Creator
    Adam Ludwig Wirsing (1734 - 1797, German) , Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    42210
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 395mm
    width (print): 255mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
          > Ornithology
    Description
    Study of a reed warbler’s nest Acrocephalus scirpaceus, showing its woven construction between upright low-lying canes and containing a clutch of two eggs.

    Plate 12 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel...by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: “Tab.XII. Planche 12 de la fauvette de Roseaux. Rohr-Sperling. A.L.Wirsing excudit Norimberg.”
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