Biak paradise kingfisher and Lesser Antillean pewee
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: figure 1 the Biak paradise kingfisher Tanysiptera riedrlii, a bird native to Biak island, Indonesia; and figure 2 the Lesser Antillean pewee Contopus latirostris (here styled Myiobius latirostris) a bird native to the Caribbean. Both birds are shown on a tree branch.
Plate 3 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.III.’ Inscribed below: ‘TANYSIPTERA RIEDELII. J. Verr. 2. MYIOBIUS LATIROSTRIS. J. Verr. J. Huet lith. Imp. Becquet, Paris.’
Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807-1873) French botanist and ornithologist.
Plate 3 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.III.’ Inscribed below: ‘TANYSIPTERA RIEDELII. J. Verr. 2. MYIOBIUS LATIROSTRIS. J. Verr. J. Huet lith. Imp. Becquet, Paris.’
Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807-1873) French botanist and ornithologist.
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