Amblyornis inornata

Description

Drawing depicting: Amblyornis inornata -- Vogelkop Bowerbird [Gardener bower-bird], Signs of erasure and Gould's lines both before and after the painting stage, Fine layout painting; major changes in the published plate: aspect changed to landscape, 2 principal birds reduced to one, which does not follow either original figure in pose or detail; annotation in top left corner: "[species name] / habits described by Beccari Ann Mus civ, vol / fig. with a coloured drawing"; fragments of a wood engraving once pasted on the drawing -- Gould's text refers: "The representation of the garden and cabin is adapted from the woodcut given in the 'Gardener's Chronicle' . . . Derived from Dr. Beccari's original illustration"; large letter "C."