No. 121 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Red-footed Falcon
Pictures by Elizabeth Gould and Edward Lear
A pair of red-footed falcons perch on a birch stump, the ginger female above and the slate-grey male below, from John Gould's The Birds of Europe. The plate was drawn by Elizabeth Gould and Edward Lear and coloured by hand, and it shows a small falcon that hunts insects on the wing at dusk. For a bird lover or anyone who loves old natural history.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / RED-FOOTED FALCON / Falco vespertinus / A small falcon that hunts insects on the wing at dusk, hovering like a kestrel. The male is slate grey with red legs, the female ginger. They nest in colonies in the old nests of rooks. / The Birds of Europe, 1832-37 / John Gould's great bird book, drawn by his wife Elizabeth Gould and by Edward Lear, and coloured by hand.
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