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C1838
Peroquets 1. Mycroglosse noir. 2. Perroquet de Banks.
Artist:
Edouard Guerin (1799 - 1874)
1. Mycroglosse noir. Modern common name: Palm Cockatoo Modern binomial name: Probosciger aterrimus First described: Gmelin 1788 Distribution QLD & New Guinea 2. Perroquet de Banks. The first sighting of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo was made on 4th July 1770 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Peroquets 1. Mycroglosse noir. 2. Perroquet de Banks.
Date:
C1838
Artist:
Edouard Guerin (1799 - 1874)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
115mm
x 210mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1838
Description:
1. Mycroglosse noir.
Modern common name: Palm Cockatoo
Modern binomial name: Probosciger aterrimus
First described: Gmelin 1788
Distribution QLD & New Guinea
2. Perroquet de Banks.
The first sighting of the Red-tailed black Cockatoo was made on 4th July 1770 by Sydney Parkinson at Endeavour River while the ship the Endeavour was being careened for repairs, near present day Cooktown. A specimen was taken back to England by Joseph Banks and from this, the first scientific description was made by John Latham in 1790.
Modern common name Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Banksian Cockatoo, Red-Tailed Cockatoo
Modern binomial name Calyptorhynchus banksii
First described Latham 1790
Distribution Australian mainland.
Reference Reader’s Digest Book of Birds 2nd ed 1986 Page 274, ill. 274
Biography:
Edouard Guerin (1799 – 1874)
His seriesIconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier, was a complement to the work of the zoologists Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille, Le Règne Animal, which illustrated only a selection of the animals covered. He also founded several journals: Magasin de zoologie, d’anatomie comparée et de paléontologie (1830),Revue zoologique par la Société cuviérienne (1838),Revue et Magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée (1849), and Revue de sériciculture(1863). Guérin-Méneville was elected President of the Société Entomologique de France for the year 1846.
