No. 142 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Curlew and Whimbrel Eggs
Pictures by Henry Seebohm
Five speckled curlew and whimbrel eggs from Henry Seebohm's 1896 book of British bird eggs, each in warm shades of ochre, cream and brown. Seebohm was a Sheffield steelmaker who loved birds and gathered eggs from Europe to Siberia, painting every one at life size. For someone who loves birds and quiet spring mornings.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / Curlew and Whimbrel Eggs / Numenius arquata and Numenius phaeopus / The curlew's long, bubbling call is the sound of the spring moors. Its eggs are large for the bird, and the chicks walk out of the nest within a day of hatching. / Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, 1896 / Henry Seebohm, a Sheffield steelmaker and bird lover, collected eggs across Europe and Siberia; every egg is shown life size.
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