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Lophorhina superba

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Title

Lophorhina superba

Date

1878

Contributor

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

Description

Drawing depicting: Lophorina superba -- Superb Bird-of-Paradise. Alternate name on piece: Lophorhina superba [Superb bird of paradise]

Note

Both birds more or less correspond to the subsidiary figures in the published plate, but are at about 80% of the size used there; blossoms in the background, however, are at 100%.

Extent

23 x 16cm

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

333

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/19844

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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