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Pitta maforensis

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Description

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

Details
Title
Pitta maforensis
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Contributor
Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)
Type
StillImage
Format
electronic
image/tiff
Identifier
ku-gould:18814
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18814
Gould 1268
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/2313--Ellis Aves H129
Rights
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