Blue eared pheasant and Koklass pheasant
Date
1865
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
RCN8171
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 294mm
width (print): 225mm
width (print): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological studies of male and female birds: figures 1-2 the Blue eared pheasant Crossoptillon auritum, a bird native to China; and figures 3-4 the Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha (here styled Pucrasia xanthospila, and therefore possibly the Yellow necked koklass).
Plate 1 accompanying the paper ‘Rapport sur diverses collections envoyées au museum par le P. Armand David…’ by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.1 (Paris, 1865); Bulletin pp.1-30..
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Bulletin Tome 1. Pl.1.’ Inscribed below with the species names and ‘Imp. A. Salmon, à Paris.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
Plate 1 accompanying the paper ‘Rapport sur diverses collections envoyées au museum par le P. Armand David…’ by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.1 (Paris, 1865); Bulletin pp.1-30..
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Bulletin Tome 1. Pl.1.’ Inscribed below with the species names and ‘Imp. A. Salmon, à Paris.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
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