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Hand-colored steel engraving showing a purple heron (Ardea purpurea) seen from the side, standing on the bank of a pond dotted with clumps of reeds and water lilies.

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Hand-colored steel engraving showing a purple heron (Ardea purpurea) seen from the side, standing on the bank of a pond dotted with clumps of reeds and water lilies.
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Old Book Illustrations (oldbookillustrations@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 04:24:45 JST Old Book Illustrations

Purple heron.
Édouard Traviès, from "Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle," atlas, vol. 1 by Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny, Paris: 1849 #illustration #art #birds https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/purple-heron/

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