Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11143

    ‘Columba (peristera) puella’

    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 study of an African bird, possibly the Emerald spotted wood dove Turtur chalcospilos (here styled Columba (peristera) puella). The bird is shown as the main illustration (figure 1) with details of feathers, bill and foot (figures 2-7).

    Plate from the paper ‘Over eene nieuwe soort van duif, van de kust van Guinea…’, by H Schlegel, published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).

    Inscribed below: ‘COLUMBA (Peristera) PUELLA’.

    Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884) was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.
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