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Three birds: the foreground shows two birds in the water; the background view shows another bird sitting on the shore
Harlequin Duck
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Harlequin Duck

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1862-1873
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 number2013.67.12
Collections
Visual DescriptionThree birds: the foreground shows two birds in the water; the background view shows another bird sitting on the shore
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Two birds with long, curved beaks; one wades in the water while the other sits on the shore
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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.
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John Gould
1849-1861
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.
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John Gould
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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
A bird perched on a branch; a background view with two other birds perched on a fence, one feeding the other
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John Gould
1862-1873
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
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John James Audubon
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Three Spathura Melananthera (Ecuadorian Racket-Tail) hummingbirds; two males with black spatula tails, one with an all-green body, and the other with a green back and white and green speckled belly; the female has a green back and white and green speckled belly with a white-tipped black tail. Two birds stand on the stem of a Sobralia fragrans orchid with green leaves and white flowers, while the third bird flies nearby.
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John Gould
1849-1861
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John Gould
1849-1861
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
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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.
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