Image: Hedgesparrow
Hedge-Accentor, or Hedgesparrow from John Gould's The Birds of Great Britain, vol. 2, 1873.
- Photographer:
- James King
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum Research Library
- Illustrator:
- John Gould and H.C. Richter
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum Research Library
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How well do I remember the day when my father lifted me by the arms to look into the nest of a Hedgesparrow in a shrub in our garden! this first sight of its beautiful verditer-blue eggs has never been forgotten; from that moment I became enamoured with nature and her charming attributes...
John Gould The Birds of Great Britain, 1873.
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Tags John Gould, H.C. Richter, Hedgesparrow, Hedge-Accentor, Birds, Great Britain,