IMAGE
Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :Crested shrike. Victoria. [1880]
- Date
- 1880
- Reference
- E-055-029
- Description
Male? crested shrike from Victoria. Distinctive black crested head with two broad white bands and patch at base of the black bill. The breast is yellow and the back is a greenish grey. The wings, tail and legs are grey. The eye is red. Possibly a poor representation of falcunculus frontatus.
Compare with crested shrike-tit in `The birds of Australia; a book of identification' by Ken Simpson & Nicolas Day (1984), pp 180-181
Other Titles - Falcunculus frontatus
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 68 x 100 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian birds; original drawings. 1867. [ca 1880-1881] / Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian birds; original drawings. 1867. [ca 1880-1881]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Scientific illustrations, Watercolour, 68 x 100 mm
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