Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11142

    Studies of three birds

    Date
    1848-1852
    Creator
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (page): 355mm
    width (page): 265mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
          > Ornithology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > bird
    Description
    Ornithological studies of three birds: the Bridled titmouse Baeolophus wolleberri (here styled Parus (Lophophanes) Wollweberi) native to Mexico (figure 1). With male and female specimens of an unidentified titmouse (here styled Psalteria personata) (figures 2-3).

    Plate from the paper ‘Beschrijving van twee nieuwe soorten van meezen’, by G.F. Westerman published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).

    Inscribed below: ‘I. PARUS (Lophophanes) WOLLTOEBERI. II et III PSALTRIA PERSONATA’.

    Gerardus Frederik Westerman (1807-1890) was a Dutch zoologist.

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