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Atrichia rufescens

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Drawing depicting: Atrichornis rufescens -- Rufous Scrubbird. Alternate name on piece: Atrichia rufescens [Rufescent scrub-bird], Drawing on tissue, torn with loss of tail and lower half of body of upper bird. Composition incomplete, with rough background; lower bird reversed and moved for published plate. See Gould 2012 for the reworking of the lower bird. Notes by Gould, including: "See to the Mantle of the Blue Malurus [Malurus cyaneus] / tails not so hard / More hairy / not so solid". The comment appears to no have relevance to the present drawing: the Malurus and Atrichia are both members of the Oscines suborder, but not to be confused; moreover the bird here has no mantle, nor any hint of blue coloration.

Details
Title
Atrichia rufescens
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Contributor
Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Richter, Henry Constantine , 1821-1902 (artist)
Date
1867
Type
StillImage
Format
electronic
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Identifier
ku-gould:18350
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18350
Gould 1981
Relation
Birds of Australia--https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/12699--Ellis Aves H141
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