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Pica bottanensis, June 1863

 File — Box: 28, Folder: 557
Pica bottanensis
Pica bottanensis

Dates

  • Creation: June 1863

Physical Description

46 x 38cm pencil

General

Pica pica -- Black-billed Magpie, Eurasian Magpie, pie bavarde. Alternate name on piece: Pica bottanensis [Bootan magpie] Layout drawing, birds fairly well finished; 3 notes on form; money calculations in margin; Sotheran's MS title at foot "Pica caudata?" Presumably the two drawings at Gould item 471, if correctly identified, are preliminaries for this. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine.

Repository Details

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

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