Xiphoramphus superciliosus, May 1857

File — Box: 5, Folder: 89, item: 89a

Xiphoramphus superciliaris

Dates

Creation: May 1857

Additional Description

Physical Description

Sheet trimmed; 2 corners torn off. 44 x 32 cm pencil; watercolor

General

Xiphirhynchus superciliaris -- Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler. Alternate name on piece: Xiphoramphus superciliaris [Scimitar-bill] Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine. Gould's sketch lightly worked up by Richter.