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Xanthomelus aureus

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Description

Drawing depicting: Sericulus aureus -- Flame Bowerbird, Masked Bowerbird. Alternate name on piece: Xanthomelus aureus [Golden bird of paradise], Tracing on tissue. A small and apparently unrelated bird drawn and graphited, from back to front, in the lower right corner.

Details
Title
Xanthomelus aureus
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Contributor
Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)
Date
1878
Type
StillImage
Format
electronic
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Identifier
ku-gould:18756
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18756
Gould 1562
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/3393--Ellis Aves H129
Rights
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