Author: Benard, Robert
Publisher: Comte George Louis-Marie Le Clerc de Buffon (et al)
Year: 1780
Size: 23.5 x 16.5 cm
Reference: Sitwell, Fine Bird Books 1700-1900: pp.82
₱6,600.00
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hand-coloured copper engraving.
Ornithological print from Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie’, pl.127, i.e. the 9 vols birds (vols 23-31)
published 1770-1783, out of the total 44 vols (1749-1804)
1) Engl.: Plain-throated sunbird. Tag.: Pipit. Lat.: Anthreptes Malacensis.
Endemic (8 races) – common. Habitat: coconut groves, mangroves, second growth in lowlands near coasts. 2) Engl.: Olive-backed Sunbird. Tag.: Pipit-puso.
Lat.: Nectarinia Jugularis. Endemic (4 races) – common.
Habitat: second growth, scrub, coconut plantations, towns, and gardens.
Very good to excellent condition.