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They’re attributed to sculptor and Sèvres porcelain designer Etienne-Maurice Falconet, best known for his colossal, 1782 bronze statue of Peter the Great on rearing horseback in St. Petersburg, Russia.

A new study uses more than 2 decades of bird sightings by China’s citizen scientists to map the ranges of nearly 1400 species, from the endangered red-crowned crane to the pied falconet.

The horse in Etienne Maurice Falconet’s 1782 statue of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg also rears back, but its tail is attached to a serpent that slithers along the ground, providing stability.

She was counting the days to be reunited with her daughter, Sulay Falconet, 30, who moved to Houston in 2012, and to embrace her 3-year-old grandson, Jeremy.

The yearning to be reunited became unbearable, she said, after Ms. Falconet’s home was flooded last month when Hurricane Harvey battered Houston.