Nest of the Starling alice coote or No Resisting Temptation'

or No Resisting Temptation'

Design for a stone-arch bridge over the North Esk river

bas relief figure and Baroque gable above

being among the very first British cars put into large-scale production

David Thomas Ansted was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1844

Nest of the Starling alice coote or No Resisting Temptation'Study of a starling's nest Sturnus vulgaris, showing feathers incorporated into its construction and a clutch of five eggs. Plate 10 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. X. Planche 10 de L'Etourneau. Stuhr. A. L. Wirsing excudit Norimberg. Original: copperplate engraving. 1772