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Totanus Bartramia (Bartram's Sandpiper), a bird with brown and white coloring, a long thin beak and yellow feet, standing on on a beach or sand dune.
Bartram's Sandpiper
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Bartram's Sandpiper

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1832-1837
MediumLithograph, hand colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Terry White
Object number2010.57.15
Collections
Visual DescriptionTotanus Bartramia (Bartram's Sandpiper), a bird with brown and white coloring, a long thin beak and yellow feet, standing on a beach or sand dune. Plate 313 from volume IV of "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.
Himantopus melanopterus (Long-Legged Plover), a bird with black back, wings, head, and beak, white throat and belly, and long orange legs and feet, standing on grass with plants in the background.
Long-Legged Plover
John Gould
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Haematopus ostralegus (Oyster-Catcher) bird with black head, throat, back, wings, and tail tip, white belly and lower back, and orange beak and feet, standing on a shoreline.
Oyster-Catcher
John Gould
1832-1837
Two Scolopax Gallinula (Jack Snipe) birds with brown speckled backs, brown striped heads, white bellies, and long beaks, in a grassy patch of dirt.
Jack Snipe
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
John Gould
1832-1837
Circaetus Brachydactylus (Short-Toed Eagle) bird with brown back and wings, a white belly, hooked beak, and yellow clawed feet, standing on a tree branch.
Short-Toed Eagle
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Two Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe) birds shown sitting, each with mostly white bodies and black wings, head, and feet. The bird in front has a red-orange and black crest , while the bird in the back has additional black feathers on its head.
Great Crested Grebe
John Gould
1832-1837
Two Anser Albifrons (White-Fronted Goose) birds with white, gray-brown, and black bodies and yellow feet.
White-Fronted Goose
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Carbo pygmaeus (Little Cormorant), a black bird with small white speckles on its head, and black feet, on a branch.
Little Cormorant
John Gould
1832-1837
Two Lanius Collurio (Red-Backed Shrike) birds, one with a brown speckled back and white speckled belly, and the other with a light blue head and tail, black eye, brown back and wings, and white belly. Both birds stand on a woody branch with green leaves.
Red-Backed Shrike
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Rustic Bunting
Rustic Bunting
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Long Legged Sandpiper
Long Legged Sandpiper
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1839-1844
Phalacrocorax Desmarestii (Desmarest's Cormorant), a bird with an all-over black body, feet, and crest, and a long yellow hooked beak, standing on the edge of a cliff or rock overlooking mountains.
Desmarest's Cormorant
Edward Lear
1832-1837

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