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Pitta maforensis

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Title

Pitta maforensis

Contributor

Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)

Description

Drawing depicting: Pitta sordida -- Hooded Pitta. Alternate name on piece: Pitta maforensis [Mafoor island pitta]

Note

Very finished painting, with some revisions indicated in pencil; listed on the cover of pt.2 for inclusion in Pittidae, where only the text appeared, under the binomial Melanopitta mafoorana; at head of sheet: note on name and source; Sotheran note at foot of sheet, and "24" in circle. A reworking of the Birds of New Guinea IV: 33 image, changed to landscape aspect from portrait, the third bird brought more into view, and with background changes.

Extent

38 x 50cm

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

1268

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18814

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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