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Cyclopsitta melanogenys, 1878

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 878
Cyclopsitta melanogenys
Cyclopsitta melanogenys

Dates

  • Creation: 1878

Physical Description

Full sheet pencil; watercolor; chalk-charcoal-pastel. Rusty pin

General

Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii -- Orange-breasted Fig Parrot. Alternate name on piece: Cyclopsitta melanogenys [Black-cheeked perroquet] Finished layout painting, but with extensive erasure marks and correcting lines; another painted bird, with an alternative pose in pencil, on a separate piece of paper pinned to the sheet; the published plate has the pencil pose substituted for the original, and extensive changes to the foliage; in lower right corner "Hab. Fly River / New Guinea 715 " and a lined-out reference to C. suavitissima with a literature citation. 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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