Long tailed paradise whydah
Date
1830
Creator
William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859, British) , Printmaker
After
Thomas Brown (1785 - 1862, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
RCN29275
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 132mm
width (print): 215mm
width (print): 215mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Long-tailed paradise whydah Vidua paradisaea (here styled Emberiza paradisea), a bird native to Senegal in Africa. View of a male bird in winter plumage.
Plate accompanying the paper ‘An account of the Whidah Bird, or Paradise Bunting; with three figures of the different stages of plumage’, by Thomas Brown, The Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical Science, v.1 1830, pp.341-344 and 425. Inscribed above: ‘PL.VIII’. Inscribed below: ‘Emberiza paradisae. Winter plumage. Drawn by Captn. Thos. Brown. Engd. By W.H. Lizars. Edinr. Journal of Natural and Geographical Science.’
The accompanying text states that: ‘The bird from which I have taken my description is a male of about four years of age, and has been in the possession of Sir Patrick Walker, at Drumsheugh, near Edinburgh, for upwards of two years, which has afforded me an opportunity of watching its progress for fully two seasons, it having been thrice in its summer plumage since its arrival in Scotland.’
Captain Thomas Brown (1785-1862) British naturalist and malacologist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Plate accompanying the paper ‘An account of the Whidah Bird, or Paradise Bunting; with three figures of the different stages of plumage’, by Thomas Brown, The Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical Science, v.1 1830, pp.341-344 and 425. Inscribed above: ‘PL.VIII’. Inscribed below: ‘Emberiza paradisae. Winter plumage. Drawn by Captn. Thos. Brown. Engd. By W.H. Lizars. Edinr. Journal of Natural and Geographical Science.’
The accompanying text states that: ‘The bird from which I have taken my description is a male of about four years of age, and has been in the possession of Sir Patrick Walker, at Drumsheugh, near Edinburgh, for upwards of two years, which has afforded me an opportunity of watching its progress for fully two seasons, it having been thrice in its summer plumage since its arrival in Scotland.’
Captain Thomas Brown (1785-1862) British naturalist and malacologist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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