‘Red-necked grebe’
Date
1787
Creator
John Latham (1740 - 1837, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
48050
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 244 mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena) an aquatic bird of the northern hemisphere. The illustration places the bird on a reedy shoreline.
Plate 118 from the Supplement to the general synopsis of birds, by John Latham (London, Leigh & Sotheby, 1787). The plate is inscribed above ‘Pl. CXVIII’; and below ‘Red-necked Grebe.’
In the associated description, the author states: ‘I received a perfect specimen of the male of this bird from Major Hammond, who informed me, that the end of April, the year 1786, two of them alighted in a farm-yard, near his house in East Kent, and were taken alive.’
John Latham (1740-1837) British surgeon and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
Plate 118 from the Supplement to the general synopsis of birds, by John Latham (London, Leigh & Sotheby, 1787). The plate is inscribed above ‘Pl. CXVIII’; and below ‘Red-necked Grebe.’
In the associated description, the author states: ‘I received a perfect specimen of the male of this bird from Major Hammond, who informed me, that the end of April, the year 1786, two of them alighted in a farm-yard, near his house in East Kent, and were taken alive.’
John Latham (1740-1837) British surgeon and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
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