Greater roadrunner
Date
1835
Creator
Bièvre (French) , Lithographer
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 258mm
width (print): 295mm
width (print): 295mm
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Content object
Description
Zoological study of the Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus (here referred to as Coucou churea) a bird native to the southern United States of America and Mexico. Side view.
Plate 9 accompanying the descriptive note ‘Description du saurothera californiana’. Novelles annales du Muséum d’Histoire, v.4 (Paris, 1835) pp.121-124.
Inscribed above: ‘P.E. BOTTA. 9.’ Inscribed below: ‘G. de Bièvre lith. Lith. De Langlumé.’
Paul-Émile Botta (1802-1870) French scientist was the naturalist aboard the ship Heros from 1826. The expedition visited Mexico and Alta California.
Plate 9 accompanying the descriptive note ‘Description du saurothera californiana’. Novelles annales du Muséum d’Histoire, v.4 (Paris, 1835) pp.121-124.
Inscribed above: ‘P.E. BOTTA. 9.’ Inscribed below: ‘G. de Bièvre lith. Lith. De Langlumé.’
Paul-Émile Botta (1802-1870) French scientist was the naturalist aboard the ship Heros from 1826. The expedition visited Mexico and Alta California.
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