Wattled bee-eater, or Merops, Female fishy England's Paul Gascoigne

England's Paul Gascoigne

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Wattled bee-eater, or Merops, Female fishy England's Paul GascoigneOrnithological study of a female Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) native to Australia. Plate 7 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'The female Bea eater is stouter in the body and in the legs, more brilliant in the plumage, the bill more curved' The plate is inscribed: 'S. Stone Delin. The Wattled Bee Eater, Female. London Published as the Act directs Dec: 29,