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Ptilopus bellus

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Title

Ptilopus bellus

Date

1879

Contributor

Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Hart, William Matthew , 1830-1908 (artist)

Description

Drawing depicting: Ptilinopus rivoli -- White-bibbed Fruit Dove. Alternate name on piece: Ptilopus bellus [Purple-bellied fruit-pigeon]

Note

Finished painting; at foot "This same bird should be in P.3 S." (note from Sharpe regarding his Birds of Paradise?). Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller.

Extent

Full sheet

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

0483a

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19695

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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