'The Yellow Water-wagtail, the Walking Leaf, &c.' mb-width 2999 'Small Girl Feeding Doves'

'Small Girl Feeding Doves'

View of Little Bell Yard

He holds a handkerchief to his mouth as fog was thought to carry disease

View with Somerset House behind and to the left of the tower

'The Yellow Water-wagtail, the Walking Leaf, &c.' mb-width 2999 'Small Girl Feeding Doves'Study of the Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava in the act of catching an insect. The bird is posed standing upon a stone from Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Ireland. Below are two studies of a 'Walking Leaf' insect, perhaps a variety of Phyllium, which the author believes was from the West Indies. Plate 258 from chapter 48 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London,