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Common merganser (Mergus merganser)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Great or middle sawbill (female). Numbered at the top right: 23. Here also the Latin names. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineGrote zaagbek (Mergus merganser). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
