Caption:
European water ouzel walking into Lake Nantua, France, and continuing submerged on the bottom of the lake in a bubble of air. A naturalist with musket observes from a snow-covered hut of pine branches. A man in a boat drives ducks to the shore. After an anecdote sent by Mr. Hebert or Herbert to Comte de Buffon in Histoire Naturelle, 1749-1788. Water ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.