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[unidentified] Xema atricilla ? or Larus atricilla ?

 File — Box: 83, Folder: 2043
Unidentified Xema atricilla ? or Larus atricilla ?
Unidentified Xema atricilla ? or Larus atricilla ?

Physical Description

Pencil

General

Finished tracing on tissue, graphited on reverse, developed from Gould item 2042. Following the Gould conventions, the presence of a colored head and five spots on the primaries is clear (black and white respectively in the Black-winged Gull. The plate of Xema atricilla in Birds of Europe V: 426 is not related to these 2 drawings. Artist's name(s): Richter, Henry Constantine[?].

Repository Details

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

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