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Motacilla yarrelli

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Drawing depicting: Motacilla yarrelli, Layout drawing, birds quite finished; 3 form and color notes ; large letter C; sheet trimmed on both sides and note; "Make this an upright Drawing"; "from Specimen"; "Edwin Abbott Esq. / Philological School." Each of the two birds may have been used separately as references for the published forms of Motacilla yarrelli and Motacilla alba, both in landscape aspect, but the plants (Nuphar lutea) were redrawn for Porzana pygmaea (Birds of Great Britian IV:89).

Details
Title
Motacilla yarrelli
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithological illustration
Contributor
Gould, John , 1804-1881 (artist)
Richter, Henry Constantine , 1821-1902 (artist)
Date
1867
Type
StillImage
Format
electronic
image/tiff
Identifier
ku-gould:20316
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-gould/20316
Gould 537
Relation
Birds of Great Britain--Ellis Aves H131
Rights
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