Nests of the Nuthatch and the Jackdaw mb-artistname F Vincent The cartoon is accompanied by

The cartoon is accompanied by a poem of the same name in which Punch makes the point that the Irrepressible Donkey

Hunter is shown wearing a loose single breasted coat with a single button

and the Elephant-beetle from the W

Two windmills can be seen on the left shore and in the middle distance a small child can be seen playing with a toy boat

Sir Alec Issigonis

Nests of the Nuthatch and the Jackdaw mb-artistname F Vincent The cartoon is accompanied byTwo studies of birds' nests. Figure 1, the nest of the nuthatch Sitta europaea containing a clutch of five eggs. Figure 2 the nest of the jackdaw Corvus monedula containing a clutch of two eggs. Plate 11 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XI. Der kleine krumschnaeblichte graue Baum Kleber. Fig. 1 du Grimperau. Dohle. Fig. 2