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[Unidentified bird drawing - 2 birds]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Unidentified 2 birds
Unidentified 2 birds

Physical Description

Full sheet, corner torn off. Pencil; watercolor

General

2 birds. Birds similar to Gould item 18, Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis (Birds of Asia III: 33--issued 1864), q.v., but with important differences of head color, striping, etc.; a reference photograph suggests Pomatorhinus ruficollis musicus; one bird in Birds of Asia III:33 is in a very similar pose to the upper in this drawing. [Curtis] 14-5063. Artist's name(s): Richter, Henry Constantine. Much erasure: most of what remains is Richter.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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