‘Jongquil parrakeet’
Date
1802
Creator
John Latham (1740 - 1837, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
48050
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 242mm
width (print): 180mm
width (print): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the Jonquil parakeet (Psittacula narcissus) a possibly extinct bird from India, known only from Latham’s work. Shown perched on a low branch.
Plate 123 from the Supplement. II. to the general synopsis of birds, by John Latham (London, Leigh, Sotheby & Son, 1802). The plate is inscribed above ‘Pl. CXXIII.’; and below ‘Jonquil Parrakeet. Publishd as the Act directs May 30, 1801, by Leigh, Sotheby & Son, York Street, Covent Garden.’
In the associated description, the author states: ‘This was alive in the possession of Miss Hunter, of Greenwich; called Toto Parakeet, said to come from the Ramghur Hills, in the province of Bahar, in the kingdom of Bengal.’
John Latham (1740-1837) British surgeon and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
Plate 123 from the Supplement. II. to the general synopsis of birds, by John Latham (London, Leigh, Sotheby & Son, 1802). The plate is inscribed above ‘Pl. CXXIII.’; and below ‘Jonquil Parrakeet. Publishd as the Act directs May 30, 1801, by Leigh, Sotheby & Son, York Street, Covent Garden.’
In the associated description, the author states: ‘This was alive in the possession of Miss Hunter, of Greenwich; called Toto Parakeet, said to come from the Ramghur Hills, in the province of Bahar, in the kingdom of Bengal.’
John Latham (1740-1837) British surgeon and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
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