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Melirrhophetes leucostephes

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Description

Drawing depicting: Melidectes leucostephes -- White-capped Honeyeater. Alternate name on piece: Melirrhophetes leucostephes [White-faced honey-eater], Finely detailed drawing of bird on tissue in both this and Gould 1799b. Some changes to plant in soft pencil and charcoal on both images.

Details
Title
Melirrhophetes leucostephes
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Contributor
Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)
Date
1877
Type
StillImage
Format
electronic
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Identifier
ku-gould:18528
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18528
Gould 1799a
Relation
The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia--https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/2763--Ellis Aves H129
Rights
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