‘Variegated bee eater’
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 Varied sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera) a bird native to Australia. Shown perched on a tree stump with details of wooden planks, plants and fungi.
Plate 128 from the Supplement. II. to the general synopsis of birds, by John Latham (London, Leigh, Sotheby & Son, 1802). The plate is inscribed above ‘Pl. CXXVIII.’; and below ‘Variegated Bee Eater. Publishd as the Act directs May 30, 1801, by Leigh, Sotheby & Son, York Street, Covent Garden.’
In the associated description, the author states: ‘This is said to be a male bird; I met with it in the collection of General Davies. In Mr. Lambert’s collection of drawings, I observed one of these which I suspect to be the other sex… Inhabits New South Wales, where it is known by the name of Dee-weed-gang.’
John Latham (1740-1837) British surgeon and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
Plate 128 from the Supplement. II. to the general synopsis of birds, by John Latham (London, Leigh, Sotheby & Son, 1802). The plate is inscribed above ‘Pl. CXXVIII.’; and below ‘Variegated Bee Eater. Publishd as the Act directs May 30, 1801, by Leigh, Sotheby & Son, York Street, Covent Garden.’
In the associated description, the author states: ‘This is said to be a male bird; I met with it in the collection of General Davies. In Mr. Lambert’s collection of drawings, I observed one of these which I suspect to be the other sex… Inhabits New South Wales, where it is known by the name of Dee-weed-gang.’
John Latham (1740-1837) British surgeon and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
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