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Caprimulgus europaeus

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Title

Caprimulgus europaeus

Description

Drawing depicting: Caprimulgus europaeus -- European Nightjar [Nightjar, or goatsucker]

Note

Layout drawing; birds quite well finished; much crossing out; 13 notes on form and color; sketches of plant and bird eye in margin. Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller.

Extent

Blob of sealing wax on right margin. Full sheet

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Caprimulgus europaeus

Gould number

569

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19597

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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