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 four green-breasted mountaingems, here referred to as two different species, Delattria margarethae and Delattria sybillae, now recognised as the same species, Lampornis sybilla. Three are shown perched on an unknown shrub, one appears in flight. Green-breasted mountaingems occur in Honduras and Nicaragua.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am. Aves Tab 54a.’
Below: ‘‘1. ♂, 2 ♀ DELATTRIA MARGARETHAE
3. ♂, 4 ♀ “ SYBILLAE
J G Keulemans lith. M & N Hanhart imp’
Table 54a 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 54a.’
Below: ‘‘1. ♂, 2 ♀ DELATTRIA MARGARETHAE
3. ♂, 4 ♀ “ SYBILLAE
J G Keulemans lith. M & N Hanhart imp’
Table 54a 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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