Mergus Hooded Merganser

by Mark Catesby

$2,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine image from Catesby's 'The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands', the most famous colour-plate book of American plant and animal life...a fundamental and original work for the study of American species. Hunt The Hooded Merganser is primarily an inhabitant of wooded lakes, millponds, and rivers. Catesby described this beautiful bird as somewhat less than a common tame duck; the eyes are yellow, the bill is black and narrow; the upper mandible

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