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Two Spizixos semitorques (Chinese Spizixos) birds with yellow bodies, black heads and tails, and white and black spotted cheeks stand on the stems of a Thladiantha dubia (red hailstone) plant with a woody stem, green leaves, and yellow flowers.
Chinese Spizixos
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Chinese Spizixos

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1850-1883
MediumLithograph, hand colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Peter Desorcy, with additional funds provided by The Gladys Harn Harris Art Acquisition Endowment
Object number2010.42
Collections
Visual DescriptionTwo Spizixos semitorques (Chinese Spizixos) birds with yellow bodies, black heads and tails, and white and black spotted cheeks stand on the stems of a Thladiantha dubia (red hailstone) plant with a woody stem, green leaves, and yellow flowers. From Volume 3, Plate 10, "Birds of Asia", London, 1850-1883.
Three Nextarinia Vigorsii (Vigors' Sun-Bird) birds standing on a plant with green leaves and small pink flowers. The two male birds have blue-green heads and tails, red shoulders, yellow backs, brown wings, orange throats, and gray-brown bellies; the female is gray-brown.
Vigors' Sun-Bird
John Gould
1849-1881
Two Tetraophasis Obscurus (Mou-Pin Snow-Partridge) birds with brown feathers, red throats, and white on the tips of their tails, standing on rocks in a grassy field.
Mou-Pin Snow-Partridge
John Gould
1850-1883
Garrulax galbanus (Black Chinned Garrulax); two birds with yellow bellies, brown backs, and black chins sit on a branch with green leaves and small red fruit (cherries?).
Black Chinned Garrulax
John Gould
1850-1883
Two Amydrus Tristrami (Tristam's Amydrus) birds perched on a branch and set against a distant rocky landscape with palm trees. The male has a purple-ish black body with black and orange wings, and the female has a brown and black speckled head with black and orange wings.
Amydrus Tristrami
John Gould
1840-1869
Four Thaumastura corae (Cora's Shear-Tail) hummingbirds with green backs, blue wings, and white bellies; the two adult males have long black and white forking tails, and blue and light red throats; the young male has a black and white forked tail and a spotted throat; and the female has a white throat. All four birds stand on a Mimosa plant with woody stems and puffy white flowers.
Thaumastura corae (Cora's Shear-Tail)
John Gould
1849-1861
Three Lophornis Chalybeus (Festive Coquette) hummingbirds with green backs and heads, brown tails, and a white stripe between their back and tail. The two males have an ornamental green and white spotted ruff, while the female has a black and white spotted throat. All three birds stand on a plant with green stems and leaves, and a white flower.
Festive Coquette Lophornis Chalybeus
John Gould
1849-1861
13 Die Kohlmaise...
13 Die Kohlmaise...
Johann Leonhard Frisch
1817
Four Spathura Peruana (Peruvian Racket-Tail) hummingbirds including three males and one female. The males have bright green bodies with black spatula tails and orange ruff around their legs; the female has a green back with spotted green and white belly. Two males fly overhead while a male and female stand on the branch of a plant with thin stems, green leaves, and small blue flowers.
Spathura Peruana
John Gould
1849-1861
Two Picus Brunifrons birds with yellow heads, white throats, black and white speckled backs, bellies, and wings, black tails, and red under their tails. The male has red on his head. Both birds stand on a tree branch.
Picus Brunifrons
Elizabeth Gould
1831-1833
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
John Gould
1832-1837
Three Spathura Melananthera (Ecuadorian Racket-Tail) hummingbirds; two males with black spatula tails, one with an all-green body, and the other with a green back and white and green speckled belly; the female has a green back and white and green speckled belly with a white-tipped black tail. Two birds stand on the stem of a Sobralia fragrans orchid with green leaves and white flowers, while the third bird flies nearby.
Spathura Melananthera (Ecuadorian Racket-Tail)
John Gould
1849-1861
Two Anser Albifrons (White-Fronted Goose) birds with white, gray-brown, and black bodies and yellow feet.
White-Fronted Goose
John Gould
1832 - 1837

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