Epimachus speciosus, 1878
File — Box: 73, Folder: 1740
Dates
- Creation: 1878
Physical Description
Pencil
General
Epimachus meyeri -- Brown Sicklebill. Alternate name on piece: Epimachus speciosus [Great promerops] Tracing on tissue. Although Bowdler Sharpe writes in the text to his Paradiseidae: "The Plates are the same as those published by Gould in his 'Birds of New Guinea' "; in fact the plate in Sharpe's Birds of Paradise is completely different from this one. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Hart, William Matthew.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository