"Bird 162".

There is a list.

This list goes back to the year 1600 AD. 

It is a sad list.

The list has the names on it.

All the names are those of birds.

All of the birds on the list are now extinct.

The subject of my latest work is bird number 162 on the list.

"Bird 162" - stage 1, a fair bit more to do (and my mobile snap is cropped as you can see by the beak).

There is only one known very poor quality photograph (possibly on an early low resolution digital or mobile phone camera) of this bird. A little has been written about this creature such as where it lived and died. There is only one known stylised picture of this bird.

I have taken what we know and will shortly present the only known engraving, "Bird 162".

I'll tell you more soon.