Thalassidroma melanogaster, 1847

Item — Volume: 2, Page: 1508a

Thalassidroma melanogaster

Dates

Creation: 1847

Additional Description

Physical Description

Heavy scoring has cut through paper in several places; tear at top edge mended other side. Pencil; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

Fregetta tropica -- Black-bellied Storm Petrel, Black-bellied Storm-Petrel, Océanite à ventre noir. Alternate name on piece: Thalassidroma melanogaster [Black-bellied storm petrel] Rough coloring. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine. Rough layout sketch by Gould.