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Glottis canescens

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Title

Glottis canescens

Date

1869

Contributor

Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Richter, Henry Constantine , 1821-1902 (artist)

Description

Drawing depicting: Tringa nebularia -- Common Greenshank. Alternate name on piece: Glottis canescens [Greenshank]

Note

Loosely finished layout painting; 2 diagrams of wing detail in margins; 3 notes on form; at head of sheet: "many Green Shanks [?] Sittingbourne in Kent about 6th of August 62 two of which I had fresh cooked . . . [weights of birds] . . . See skins"; "Time enough not allowed" (Richter?), " "Killed in Kent August 62," "see manuscript"; at foot of sheet:: "Rees," "2/2/-" (Sotheran price).

Extent

Full sheet

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

1093

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/18990

Call number

Ellis Aves H131

Rights statement

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Rights URI

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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