Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11153

    ‘Francolinus pelii’

    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 an unidentified francolin, here styled Francolinus pelii. Two specimens are shown in standing and roosting positions.

    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 PELII’.

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




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