Sparkling-tail Tryphaena Duponti
Artist
John Gould
(British, 1804 - 1881)
Artist
H. C. Richter
(British, 1821 - 1902)
Date1849-1861
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
Dimensionssheet size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (36.8 x 54.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Elise J. Ross
Object number2013.67.4
DescriptionFour Tryphaena Duponti (Sparkling-tail) hummingbirds, three males with blue throats, white chests, green bellies and backs, and forking green, yellow, and white tails, a female with a green head and yellow chest and belly, and a nest. The female and one male stand on the thorny branches of a plant with green leaves, while two males fly nearby. Plate 158 from volume III of "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds" (London, 1849-1861).
