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Epimachus speciosus, 1878

 File — Box: 73, Folder: 1740
Epimachus speciosus
Epimachus speciosus

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

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