Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11144

    ‘Machaerhamphus alcinus’

    Date
    1848-1852
    Creator
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    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (page): 355mm
    width (page): 265mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
          > Ornithology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > bird
    Description
    Ornithological studies of the Bat hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus), a raptor native to South-east Asia. The main illustration is supplemented by figures of the head and bill, foot and wing feathers.

    Plate from the paper ‘Beschrijving van eenen nieuwen roofvogel, Machaerhamphus alcinus’, by G.F. Westerman published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).

    Inscribed below: ‘MACHAERHAMPHUS ALCINUS’.

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