Description
Shorebirds (Charadriiformes), top: 1) Grey heron (Ardea cinerea); 2) Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax, or Ardea Nycticorax); 3) Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris); 4) Great egret (Ardea alba). Bottom: 1) Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus, or Leptoptilus crumenifer); 2) White stork (Ciconia alba, top); 3) African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus, or Ibis religiosa, bottom); 4) Eurasian crane (Grus grus, or Grus communis). Wood engravings, published in 1897.