Antique bird print titled 'Auerhenne'. Hand colored original antique print of a Western capercaillie hen, also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie, a heavy member of the grouse family and the largest of all extant grouse species.
This print originates from 'Herrn Buffons Naturgeschichte der Voegel' published circa 1795.
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