Hummingbirds
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 [top left] and female [top right] purple-throated mountaingem, Lampornis calolaemus, referred to here as Oreopyra calolaema, and; a male [bottom left] and female [bottom right] white-bellied mountain gem, Lampornis hemileucus, referred to here as Delattria hemileuca. Three are shown perched on an unknown shrub, one is coming into land. Purple-throated mountaingems occur in southern Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica and western Panama, and white-bellieds occur in the Talamancan montaine forests.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am. Aves Tab 54.’
Below: ‘1. ♂, 2 ♀ OREOPYRA CALOLAEMA
3. ♂, 4 ♀ DELATTRIA HEMILEUCA
J G Keulemans lith. M & N Hanhart imp’
Table 54 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 54.’
Below: ‘1. ♂, 2 ♀ OREOPYRA CALOLAEMA
3. ♂, 4 ♀ DELATTRIA HEMILEUCA
J G Keulemans lith. M & N Hanhart imp’
Table 54 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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