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Cyclopsitta cervicalis, 1879

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 877
Cyclopsitta cervicalis
Cyclopsitta cervicalis

Dates

  • Creation: 1879

Physical Description

Trimmed and tattered. 52 x 35cm pencil; watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel

General

Psittaculirostris desmarestii -- Flame-headed Fig Parrot. Alternate name on piece: Cyclopsitta cervicalis [Southern ringed perroquet] Layout drawing of 3 birds, one and a head roughly colored, the remainder in outline; part of the foliage rather carefully finished; at left, a list of colors for beak, feet and eye, followed by the binomial, and the name of d'Albertis, source of the specimens (see text). Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Hart, William Matthew.

Repository Details

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

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