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C1884
Beautiful or Paradise Parrakeet.
Modern common name: Paradise parrot Modern binomial name: Psephotus pulcherrimus First described: Gould 1845 Distribution: Presumed extinct, last sighting was in 1921 when C.H.Jerrard, a cattleman in the Burnett River Region reported having found an occupied nest. To prove his … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Beautiful or Paradise Parrakeet.
Date:
C1884
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Colour printed engraving.
Image Size:
115mm
x 195mm
Paper Size:
170mm
x 249mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1884
Description:
Modern common name: Paradise parrot
Modern binomial name: Psephotus pulcherrimus
First described: Gould 1845
Distribution: Presumed extinct, last sighting was in 1921 when C.H.Jerrard, a cattleman in the Burnett River Region reported having found an occupied nest. To prove his claim, he sent photographs of birds at their nest in a termite mound. Today these photographs remain the only ones of the living birds ever taken. First described by Gould Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1838.
References:
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: Nissen IVB 393.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 10071.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2338060
Nissen, C. Die illustrierten Vogelbucher. Stuttgart 1995: Nissen IVB 393.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 10071.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2338060
Alexander Francis Lydon (1836 - 1917)
English watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. He collaborated and worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from the age of fourteen.
