Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11152

    ‘Francolinus ahantensis’

    Date
    1848-1852
    Creator
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (page): 265mm
    width (page): 355mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
          > Ornithology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > bird
    Description
    Ornithological study of the Ahanta francolin Pternistis ahantensis (here styled Francolinus ahatensis). The bird, native to West Africa, is shown in a landscape with tufted grass.

    Plate from the paper ‘Zoologische schetsen van eenige soorten van hoenderachtige vogelen’ by C J Temminck published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).

    Inscribed below: ‘FRANCOLINUS AHANTENSIS’.

    Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778-1858) was a Dutch zoologist and Director of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden.



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