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Sterna paradisea

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Title

Sterna paradisea

Date

1867

Contributor

Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Richter, Henry Constantine , 1821-1902 (artist)

Description

Drawing depicting: Sturnus paradisaea -- Arctic Tern; Charrán ártico, Sturnus. Alternate name on piece: Sterna paradisea [Roseate tern]

Note

Charcoal sketch on tissue, with much indecipherable light pencilling below. The sketch shows only the lower bird, in almost its final position, but with a fish in its mouth. The published plate shows the fish falling between the two fighting birds.

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Sterna paradisea

Gould number

1910

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18418

Call number

Ellis Aves H131

Rights statement

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Rights URI

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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