Jer Falcon (Falco islandicus) Hand Colored Plate Natural History of Central Asia

Natural History of Central Asia

The name "terrapin" is derived from torope

a very good copy

See also Ripley

“No American had ever offered such a comprehensive analysis” (Peck

Jer Falcon (Falco islandicus) Hand Colored Plate Natural History of Central AsiaHand colored lithographic plate, approximately 10. 25 inches wide by 14 inches long. From: Meyer, H. L., Illustrations of British Birds, 1837, lithographer H. L. Meyer. Image is taken from the Longman and Co. gilt edge folio edition of Meyer's Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs which was published 1835 1841, see W. G. Hale. Image is of a young male jerfalcon or gyrfalcon and egg. Publisher Longman and Co. Publisher Place London