Malagasy spinetail
Date
1867
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 Malagasy spinetail Zoonavena grandidieri (here styled Chaetura grandidieri) a type of swift native to Madagascar and the Comoros Islands. Two birds are shown on a mossy rock.
Plate 3 accompanying the paper ‘Description de quelques oiseaux nouveaux appartenant a la collection zoologique du Muséum’, by J Verreaux, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.3 (Paris, 1867); Bulletin pp.3-8.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles Archives du Muséum. Bulletin Tome III. PL.1.’ Inscribed below: ‘Chaetura Grandidieri. Huet del. Imp. Becquet, à Paris.’
Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807-1873) French botanist and ornithologist.
Plate 3 accompanying the paper ‘Description de quelques oiseaux nouveaux appartenant a la collection zoologique du Muséum’, by J Verreaux, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.3 (Paris, 1867); Bulletin pp.3-8.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles Archives du Muséum. Bulletin Tome III. PL.1.’ Inscribed below: ‘Chaetura Grandidieri. Huet del. Imp. Becquet, à Paris.’
Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807-1873) French botanist and ornithologist.
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