Malagasy coucal
Date
1866
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 studies of the Malagasy coucal, Centropus toulou (here styled Centropus lefresnayanus) a bird native to Madagascar. The illustration shows the male and female, with a juvenile male below.
Plate 2 accompanying the paper ‘Description de quelques oiseaux nouveaux appurtenant a la collection zoologique du Muséum’, by J Verreaux, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.2 (Paris, 1866); Bulletin pp.21-25.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Bulletin T.2. Pl.II.’ Inscribed below: ‘CENTROPUS LAFRESNAYANUS. J. Verr. J. Huet lith. Imp. Becquet, Paris.’
Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807-1873) French botanist and ornithologist.
Plate 2 accompanying the paper ‘Description de quelques oiseaux nouveaux appurtenant a la collection zoologique du Muséum’, by J Verreaux, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.2 (Paris, 1866); Bulletin pp.21-25.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Bulletin T.2. Pl.II.’ Inscribed below: ‘CENTROPUS LAFRESNAYANUS. J. Verr. J. Huet lith. Imp. Becquet, Paris.’
Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807-1873) French botanist and ornithologist.
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