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Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
Book
- Title:
- Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré
- Author(s):
- Trousset, Jules (under the direction of)
- Publisher:
- Paris: La Librairie Illustrée, 1885-1891
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a very common bird which inhabits marshes, ponds, lakes, etc. It is also called waterhen, a more apposite name, as it is not ordinarily seen in moorland.
Its plumage is dark, with a white flank stripe and its legs are greenish-yellow, but its most characteristic feature is its red bill with a yellow tip. Thanks to its long toes it can walk on soft mud and floating vegetation. The feet are neither webbed nor lobed, yet the moorhen is a good swimmer.
The caption reads in the original: Gallinula galatea.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, aquatic, bird, black & white, Rallidae, reference book
