| Ref No | WP/6/3/1/5 |
| Alt Ref No | WP6/3/1/5 |
| Title | A Malay Forest with characteristic birds and animals |
| Description | A Malay Forest with characteristic birds and animals. 1 proof print on card with handwritten labels stuck above and below the print. The title "A Malay Forest with characteristic birds" is given above and below is written "Rhinoceros Hornbill, Argus Pheasant, Broad-bills, Gibbons and Longtailed Drougo shrike". The scene depicts the listed birds in a tropical forest. The Rhinoceros Hornbill is in the middle f/g on a low tree branch. Above it on another branch to the right middle f/g is a Long tailed Drougo shrike. To the left of it on the same branch but further left are 2 Broad bill birds. Above them to the right in the b/g 2 gibbobns sit on a tree branch while another gibbon leaps to another branch. In the middle distance a male Argus pheasant bird displays his plummage to a female pheasant. This illustration is Plate IX in vol 1 of The Geographical Distribution of Animals by A R Wallace, on page 340, publshed 1876. Illustrations by Johann Zwecker.
Notes: 16 x 10 cm.
Place: Malaysia
Subject: Zoology, Evolution, Distribution, Birds, Mammals |
| Date | 1876 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Format | Print |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | 1 proof print |
| Level | Item |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 | [Source: http://www.wku.edu/%7Esmithch/index1.htm] |
| PX1476 | Zwecker; Johann Baptiste (1814-1876); Artist | 1814-1876 | |