Antique Bird Print of the Little Stint

Antique print titled ‘Tringa Cinclus'. This print depicts the little stint (Dutch: kleine zandloper). The little stint (Calidris minuta) (or Erolia minuta), is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America and to Australia. The genus name is from ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-colored waterside birds.

This print originates from 'Nederlandsche Vogelen, volgens hunne huisdouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven", Amsterdam, 1770-1829 by C. Nozeman, M. Houttuyn and J.C. Sepp. This is the most important and first study in the Netherlands of ornithology at that time. The birds are depicted as they are in life, said to be depicted close to life-sized and in their environment.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear and soiling. Please study image carefully.

Date: 1797

Overall size: 37.5 x 51 cm.