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Plate CCCCXXXIV [434]: Little Tyrant Fly-catcher, Tyrannula pusilla, Swains.; Small-headed Fly-catcher, Muscicapa Minuta, Wils. Male, 2, ; Blue Mountain Warbler, Sylvia Montana, Wilson, 3, Male.; Bartram's Vireo, Vireo Bartrami, Swains. 4, Male. ; Short-legged Pewee, Muscicapa Phoebe, Lath. 5, Male.; Rocky Mountain Fly-catcher, Tyrranula Nigricans, Swains. 6, Male.: PB 2-2021.5.34

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Plate CCCCXXXIV [434]: Little Tyrant Fly-catcher, Tyrannula pusilla, Swains.; Small-headed Fly-catcher, Muscicapa Minuta, Wils. Male, 2, ; Blue Mountain Warbler, Sylvia Montana, Wilson, 3, Male.; Bartram's Vireo, Vireo Bartrami, Swains. 4, Male. ; Short-legged Pewee, Muscicapa Phoebe, Lath. 5, Male.; Rocky Mountain Fly-catcher, Tyrranula Nigricans, Swains. 6, Male.

Maker(s)

Audubon, John James
Havell, Robert II (Engraver)

Categories

Description

Issued in "No. 87" of 87 parts.
Current name:
Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus (Baird & Baird)
Small-headed Flycatcher, Sylvania microcephala (Ridaway) This is one of the five "Birds of Mystery" in The Birds of America which have never been satisfactory identified.
Blue Mountain Warbler, Sylvia Montana (Wilson). Another of the "Birds of Mystery".
Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus).
Western Wood Pewee, Contopus sordidulus (Sclater)
Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans (Swainson)
Drawn from nature and published by John J. Audubon.
"Engraved, Printed and Coloured by Robt. Havell. 1838"

Acquisition and important dates

by Havell, Robert I

Dating

Production date: AD 1838

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 2-2021.5.34
Primary reference Number: 305685
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 12 August 2021 Updated: Wednesday 24 January 2024 Last processed: Wednesday 24 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plate CCCCXXXIV [434]: Little Tyrant Fly-catcher, Tyrannula pusilla, Swains.; Small-headed Fly-catcher, Muscicapa Minuta, Wils. Male, 2, ; Blue Mountain Warbler, Sylvia Montana, Wilson, 3, Male.; Bartram's Vireo, Vireo Bartrami, Swains. 4, Male. ; Short-legged Pewee, Muscicapa Phoebe, Lath. 5, Male.; Rocky Mountain Fly-catcher, Tyrranula Nigricans, Swains. 6, Male." Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/305685 Accessed: 2024-11-25 06:06:20

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