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Ptilopus strophium

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Title

Ptilopus strophium

Contributor

Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)

Description

Drawing depicting: Ptilopus strophium

Note

Color sketch. Trimmed, with some loss to a note on form and: "Ptilopus strophium / Hab. Moresby N. Guinea / See Rawley / pt.12 pie . . ." From text for Ptilopus rivotii, Birds of New Guinea V: 59: "The present bird belongs to the white-banded section of the genus Ptilopus, which includes also . . . P. strophium of the Louisiade archipelago. The latter bird, however, has no rose-coloured spot on the abdomen, and is therefore easily distinguished . . ."

Extent

Sheet unevenly trimmed. 41 x 33cm

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

365

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19814

Rights statement

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Rights URI

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

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