Northern royal flycatcher
Date
1879
Creator
Johannes Gerardus Keulemans (1842 - 1912, Dutch) , Illustrator
Creator - Organisation
M & N Hanhart, Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
41158
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 310mm
width (print): 241mm
width (print): 241mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of a male [foreground] and female [background] northern royal flycatcher, Onychorhynchus mexicanus, referred to here as Muscivora Mexicana. The male is shown with its crest raised and the female with its crest lowered. Northern royal flycatchers occur in Mexico and south through most of Central America.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am. Aves Tab 39.’
Below: ‘1. ♂, 2 ♀ MUSCIVORA MEXICANA
J G Keulemans lith. M & N Hanhart imp’
Table 39 from Biologia centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, the Aves volume, co-edited by Frederick Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) British entomologist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) British naturalist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am. Aves Tab 39.’
Below: ‘1. ♂, 2 ♀ MUSCIVORA MEXICANA
J G Keulemans lith. M & N Hanhart imp’
Table 39 from Biologia centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, the Aves volume, co-edited by Frederick Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) British entomologist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) British naturalist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
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