Megacrex inepta1880StillImageDrawing depicting: Megacrex inepta -- Papuan Flightless Rail [New-guinea flightless rail]Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)May be a significant example of Gould taking his "conceptual sketch" to the ultimate: an almost finished colored drawing. It shows all his imperfections of style while also showing his sense of perspective, size and weight, and design.Someone [who?] annotates "Megacrex inepte [sic] Dalb. Et Salv.", and Gould in red pastel, writes "Megacrix inepta . . . Albertis, New Guinea".ku-gould:20211https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/20211Gould 0011aOrnithologyOrnithological illustrationMegacrex ineptaelectronicimage/tiffThe birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia--https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/1725--Ellis Aves H129This work is free of known copyright restrictions.