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Crex pratensis

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Title

Crex pratensis

Date

1863

Contributor

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

Description

Drawing depicting: Crex crex -- Corn Crake. Alternate name on piece: Crex pratensis [Land-rail, or corn crake]

Note

Highly finished color rendering of chick; "One day old Land Rail. Mr. Dodd. June 22nd 54"; identification with plate unlikely, since the plate chicks are more mature and have different coloring.

Extent

Light drawing paper. 18 x 26cm

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

382

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19798

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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