Nest of the Grey partridge Size:Standard: 6 x 4in 'Bellows to Mend'

'Bellows to Mend'

28th June 1982

Jaguar established its reputation of building sports cars in the mid 1930s

North-east view of the Church of St Leonard

Nest of the Grey partridge Size:Standard: 6 x 4in 'Bellows to Mend'Study of a partridge's nest, presumably the grey partridge Perdix perdix showing grasses incorporated into its construction and containing a clutch of eleven eggs. Plate 46 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XLVI Pl. 46 du la Perdrix. Rephuhn. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg.' Original: copperplate engraving. 1772