Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17564

    ‘New Holland jabiru’

    Date
    1802
    Creator
    John Latham (1740 - 1837, British) , Naturalist
    Object type
    Library reference
    48050
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 242mm
    width (print): 180mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
          > Ornithology
    Biology
       > Natural history
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > bird
    Description
    Ornithological study of the Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) the wading bird native to southern Asia, New Guinea and Australia. Shown on open ground, with water.

    Plate 138 from the Supplement. II. to the general synopsis of birds, by John Latham (London, Leigh, Sotheby & Son, 1802). The plate is inscribed above ‘Pl. CXXXVIII’; and below ‘New Holland Jabiru. Publish’d as the Act directs May 30, 1801, by Leigh, Sotheby & Son, York Street, Covent Garden.’

    In the associated description, the author states: ‘Inhabits New Holland. The description and figure which we have given of the bird, is taken from a specimen in the Leverian Museum, drawn for me by my friend and relation Mr. Shaw, of Great James Street…Mr Lambert informs me, that only two have yet been met with, but are now and then seen on the muddy banks of the harbour of Port Jackson, searching for fish…’

    John Latham (1740-1837) British surgeon and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775.
    Associated place
    <The World>
       > Asia
    <The World>
       > Oceania
          > Australia
    <The World>
       > Oceania
          > Papua New Guinea
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