'Le Vaneau, gris de fer' [Curlew sandpiper] Crown and Anchor Tavern 'St John the Baptist preaching'

'St John the Baptist preaching'

held at The Forum

' Figure 5 'The Jumper of Tick Spider [Zebra spider

24th August 1966

'Le Vaneau, gris de fer' [Curlew sandpiper] Crown and Anchor Tavern 'St John the Baptist preaching'Ornithological study showing a side view of the Curlew sandpiper (here described as Tringa ferruginea, modern taxonomy Calidris ferruginea), shown standing on a small grassy rock surrounded by water. Plate 9 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed upper right 'Ic. Rer. Nat. Tab. IX.' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in