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Sternula placens

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Title

Sternula placens

Date

1876

Contributor

Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)

Description

Drawing depicting: Sterna albifrons -- Little Tern. Alternate name on piece: Sternula placens [Torres straits tern]

Note

Tracing on tissue. Working from Gould 1851, changes and finishes details of the principal bird, background, and more distant birds.

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Sternula placens

Gould number

1852

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18475

Call number

Ellis Aves H129

Rights statement

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Rights URI

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

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