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Pitta maxima

Description

Drawing depicting: Pitta maxima  -- Ivory-breasted Pitta. Alternate name on piece: Pitta maxima [Great pitta], Drawing on tissue. 2 birds, one drawn on each side of sheet, to be seen as part of the overall composition; no background drawn. The erect bird (prinicpal bird) is graphited on the other side for tracing.

Details
Title
Pitta maxima
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Pitta maxima
Contributor
Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Richter, Henry Constantine , 1821-1902 (artist)
Date
1876
Type
StillImage
Format
electronic
image/tiff
Identifier
ku-gould:18704
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18704
Gould 1616a
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/2349--Ellis Aves H129
Rights
This work is free of known copyright restrictions.
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