‘Tringa leucoptera’
Date
1848-1852
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height (page): 265mm
width (page): 355mm
width (page): 355mm
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Description
Ornithological study of the Tahitian sandpiper or White-winged sandpiper Prosobonia leucoptera (here styles Tringa leucoptera). This extinct bird was discovered on Captain James Cook’s second voyage of discovery. It is known from a single specimen at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden, probably from the collections of Johann Georg Adam Forster (1754-1794) and therefore the specimen shown here.
Plate from the paper ‘Beschrijving van Tringa leucoptera’, by G F Westerman published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).
Inscribed below: ‘TRINGA LEUCOPTERA’.
Gerardus Frederik Westerman (1807-1890) was a Dutch zoologist.
Plate from the paper ‘Beschrijving van Tringa leucoptera’, by G F Westerman published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).
Inscribed below: ‘TRINGA LEUCOPTERA’.
Gerardus Frederik Westerman (1807-1890) was a Dutch zoologist.