Black-headed woodpecker
Date
1865
Creator
J Huet (French) , Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
RCN8171
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 294mm
width (print): 225mm
width (print): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Black-headed woodpecker, Picus erythropygius, shown clinging to a low tree trunk. The bird is native to Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
Plate 3 accompanying the paper ‘Rapport sur quelques acquisitions nouvelles faites par la galerie ornithologique du muséum’, by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.1 (Paris, 1865); Bulletin pp.75-78.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Bulletin Tome 1. Pl.III.’ Inscribed below ‘PICUS ERYTHROPYGIUS Elliot. J.Huet pinxt. et lith. Imp. Becquet, Paris.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
Plate 3 accompanying the paper ‘Rapport sur quelques acquisitions nouvelles faites par la galerie ornithologique du muséum’, by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.1 (Paris, 1865); Bulletin pp.75-78.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Bulletin Tome 1. Pl.III.’ Inscribed below ‘PICUS ERYTHROPYGIUS Elliot. J.Huet pinxt. et lith. Imp. Becquet, Paris.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
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