The Hedge Sparrow (Accentor Modularis)

Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn) (1823-1909),

1862

“This drawing is from life. The Hedge Sparrow is common in Moidart, but we have never seen the common House Sparrow there.”

Plate 16, Birds Drawn from Nature (Internet Archive online version of a copy in the Harvard University Library)

The artist's initials appear in lower left corner

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