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Description: | The great grey shrike was known as the 'butcher bird' in the 19th century because it catches small mammals and hangs them on the spikes of thorn bushes. An inscription on this drawing in Thomas Bewick's handwriting records: 'From the end of the bill as it is here represented, to the end of the tail 9 inches. Full length 10 inches.' This was a note for Bewick's detailed description given in his book 'Land Birds', published in 1797. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | artists animals North East watercolours art designers North East artists people natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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