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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Chestnut-Bellied Adelomyia
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Chestnut-Bellied Adelomyia

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1849-1861
MediumLithograph, hand colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Terry White
Object number2010.57.22
Collections
DescriptionTwo Adelomyia Castaneiventris (Chestnut-Bellied Adelomyia) hummingbirds with green backs and brown bellies; one bird has a brighter green patch on its head. Both birds stand on a plant with thin thorny stems and green leaves. Plate 203 from volume III of "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds", London, 1849-1861 (supplement printed 1880-1887).

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