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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
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Mou-Pin Snow-Partridge

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 Terry White
Object number2010.57.17
Collections
Visual DescriptionTwo 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. From "Birds of Asia", London, 1850-1883.
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