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

Red-Backed Shrike

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1832 - 1837
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
Dimensions2 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (5.7 x 36.8 cm)
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ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Sartor
Object number2010.73.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionTwo 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. Plate 69 from volume II of "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.
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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
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
Rustic Bunting
Rustic Bunting
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
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
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
Larus marinus (Great Black Backed Gull), a bird with a white body and black wings with white tips, and a pale yellow bill with blood-red spot on the lower mandible.
Great Black-Backed Gull
Edward Lear
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
19 Das Schwartz Kehlein
19 Das Schwartz Kehlein
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1817
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 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

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