Megacrex inepta1880still imageDrawing depicting: Megacrex inepta -- Papuan Flightless Rail [New-guinea flightless rail]Gould, John1804-1881artistartHart, William Matthew1830-1908artistartMay 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".ksrl_sc_gould_0011.tifku-gould:20211https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/202110011aOrnithologyOrnithological illustrationMegacrex ineptaelectronicimage/tiffreformatted digitaldrawingwatercolor;chalk-charcoal-pastel(orcrayon)Full sheetThe birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia51875-188869https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/1725Ellis Aves H129University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-gould_20211_MODSMODS record generated from a local database for biological subjects. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2019-03-27