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Pitta boschii

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Title

Pitta boschii

Date

1873-03

Contributor

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

Description

Drawing depicting: Pitta guajana -- Banded Pitta. Alternate name on piece: Pitta boschii [Van der bosch's pitta]

Note

Tracing on tissue. Unlike Gould 1626, where the birds were shown perched in branches, this shows rocky perches as published. Torn, with loss of half the upper bird.

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

1817

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18510

Call number

Ellis Aves H120

Rights statement

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Rights URI

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

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