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

Jack Snipe

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1832 - 1837
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
Dimensions14 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (36.8 x 54 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Sartor
Object number2010.73.1
Collections
Visual DescriptionTwo Scolopax Gallinula (Jack Snipe) birds with brown speckled backs, brown striped heads, white bellies, and long beaks, in a grassy patch of dirt. Plate 322 from volume IV of "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.
Rustic Bunting
Rustic Bunting
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
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
1832-1837
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
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
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
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
John Gould
1832-1837
Two 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.
Chestnut-Bellied Adelomyia
John Gould
1849-1861
Four Calliphlox Amethystina (The Amethyst) hummingbirds; the female has a green back and head, white throat and chest, and light brown belly; a young male has a green back and belly, white chest, and white and green striped throat; two adult males have green backs and bellies, white chests, and blue and light red throats. Three of the birds stand on a plant with green leaves and small white flowers while another bird flies nearby.
Calliphlox Amethystina (The Amethyst)
John Gould
1849-1861
13 Die Kohlmaise...
13 Die Kohlmaise...
Johann Leonhard Frisch
1817
Two Anser Albifrons (White-Fronted Goose) birds with white, gray-brown, and black bodies and yellow feet.
White-Fronted Goose
John Gould
1832 - 1837
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

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