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Birds-55 Figure, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.2: 83-84

Scope and Contents

[print of woodcut of feathers of Selasphorus platycerus, male and female]

Figure; by [unidentified]; second annotated by Charles Robert Darwin per DCP: Letter 6253 f8 - CD cited Salvin 1867, p. 160, on the noise made in flight by Selasphorus platycercus (the broad-tailed humming-bird), in Descent 2: 65; he included sketches and information from this letter. / f20 - Engravings made from Salvin’s sketches are in DAR 84.2: 83 and 84. See n. 8, above.

Dates

  • Creation: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

Creator

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

[nd]

Finding aid date

2015-12-24 15:28:57+00:00

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