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Pyrrhula major

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Drawing depicting: Pyrrhula pyrrhula -- Eurasian Bullfinch. Alternate name on piece: Pyrrhula major [Northern bullfinch], Fine drawing on tissue. Correction marks and notes by Gould: "let me see you and you [?] for a minute before you go too far," "this wing dropped to much." Top bird originally faced the other way (see 1947b) but was traced in reverse, cut out and applied here as a tissue patch. Reversed on the stone.

Details
Title
Pyrrhula major
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Contributor
Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)
Date
1880-07
Type
StillImage
Format
electronic
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Identifier
ku-gould:18382
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18382
Gould 1947a
Relation
Birds of Asia--https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/16283--Ellis Aves H120
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