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

Amydrus Tristrami

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Artist H. C. Richter (British, 1821 - 1902)
Date1840-1869
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 number2013.67.9
Collections
Visual DescriptionTwo 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. Plate 45 from volume V of "Birds of Asia" (London, 1850-1883).
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 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
Johann Leonhard Frisch
1817
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
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
John Gould
1832-1837
Garrulax galbanus (Black Chinned Garrulax); two birds with yellow bellies, brown backs, and black chins sit on a branch with green leaves and small red fruit (cherries?).
Black Chinned Garrulax
John Gould
1850-1883
Two Spizixos semitorques (Chinese Spizixos) birds with yellow bodies, black heads and tails, and white and black spotted cheeks stand on the stems of a Thladiantha dubia (red hailstone) plant with a woody stem, green leaves, and yellow flowers.
Chinese Spizixos
John Gould
1850-1883
11 Der Grune Hantling
11 Der Grune Hantling
Johann Leonhard Frisch
1817
Three Amazilla Beryllina (Berylline Amazili) hummingbirds with green chests and backs, and brownish red tails and wings, with a Maxillaria Warreana orchid that has green leaves and white flowers with purple centers. Two birds stand on the plant while another flies nearby.
Amazilla Beryllina
John Gould
1849-1861
Four Thaumastura corae (Cora's Shear-Tail) hummingbirds with green backs, blue wings, and white bellies; the two adult males have long black and white forking tails, and blue and light red throats; the young male has a black and white forked tail and a spotted throat; and the female has a white throat. All four birds stand on a Mimosa plant with woody stems and puffy white flowers.
Thaumastura corae (Cora's Shear-Tail)
John Gould
1849-1861
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
John Gould
1850-1883
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

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