'Le Corbeau Blanc de Ferroe' [Pied or White Raven] mb-width 5825 The plate is inscribed: 'The

The plate is inscribed: 'The Man of War-bird and the Chinese Fish

Plate 37 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel

Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray

' Sir Jonas Moore (1617-1679) mathematician and patron of astronomy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1674

'Le Corbeau Blanc de Ferroe' [Pied or White Raven] mb-width 5825 The plate is inscribed: 'TheOrnithological study showing a side view of the extinct sub species variant of the Pied, or White, Raven (Corvus corax varius morpha) unique to the Faroe Isles. With inset detailed figures of the head and feet, the former apparently of a different bird. Plate 8 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. VIII.'