Rainforest scops owl
Date
1844
Creator
Guyard (French) , Printmaker
After
Jean-Charles Werner (1798 - 1856, French) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 299mm
width (print): 227mm
width (print): 227mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Rainforest, or Madagascar scops owl (also classified as the Torotoroka scops owl) Scops rutilus (here referred to as Bubo madagascariensis). The nocturnal bird is shown in profile on a tree branch and is native to Madagascar.
Plate 23 accompanying the paper ‘Considérations générales sur les oiseaux de proie nocturnes…’, by Jacques Pucheran, Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.4 (Paris, 1844) pp.313-343.
Inscribed above: ‘Archives du Muséum. Tome IV Pl. XXIII’. Inscribed below: ‘BUBO MADAGASCARIENSIS, Puch. Werner pinx. Guyard sculp.’
Jacques Pucheran (1817-1895) French zoologist.
Plate 23 accompanying the paper ‘Considérations générales sur les oiseaux de proie nocturnes…’, by Jacques Pucheran, Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.4 (Paris, 1844) pp.313-343.
Inscribed above: ‘Archives du Muséum. Tome IV Pl. XXIII’. Inscribed below: ‘BUBO MADAGASCARIENSIS, Puch. Werner pinx. Guyard sculp.’
Jacques Pucheran (1817-1895) French zoologist.
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