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Petrocossyphus cyanus.

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Title

Petrocossyphus cyanus.

Date

1872

Contributor

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

Description

Drawing depicting: Monticola solitarius -- Blue Rock Thrush; Blue Rock-Thrush. Alternate name on piece: Petrocossyphus cyanus. [Blue rock-thrush]

Note

Sketchy use of watercolor to provide overall expression; buildings of North African appearance in background (consonant with native home of the bird, but not used in published plate).

Extent

Full sheet

Subject

Ornithology
Ornithological illustration

Gould number

12

URI

https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/20209

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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