Plate 6: Four Birds of Prey, Including a Sparrowhawk(?)

Joris Hoefnagel

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts four birds in an oval frame. One large dark brown bird is perched on a branch on the left side, a medium-sized grayish-blue bird stands on a stump, a slightly smaller brown bird nearby, and another bird with a red and yellow crest on its head sits on a wooden post. The color palette consists mainly of earthy tones - brown, gray, blue, and green in the grass, with colorful touches in the crested bird's headpiece. The birds are placed from left to right, with grass and stalk-like plants surrounding them.