'Wattled Bee Eater' Size:XS: 20 x 15cm 'Dog with Wild Duck'

'Dog with Wild Duck'

The match must have taken place between 1483 and 1495

At the age of 65

Exterior scene showing a rear view of the 7 foot equatorial sextant with a telescopic sight designed for the old Royal Observatory by John Flamsteed (1646-1719) the first Astronomer Royal

Illustration of Two wax flowers

'Wattled Bee Eater' Size:XS: 20 x 15cm 'Dog with Wild Duck'Ornithological study of a male Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata), native to Australia. Plate 6 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'The Wattled Bee eater is the size of a missel thrush under the eye, on each side, is a kind of wattle, of an orange colour; the middle of the belly is yellow; the tail is wedge shaped Thi sbird seems to be peculiar to New Holland,