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"Black-eyed Thrush", native name "Dar-wang"

Artist: Watling, Thomas
Created: [between 1792 and 1794]
Dimensions: 15.6 x 16.5 cm
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 200

 

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Bird in profile, facing to the left, perched on a tree branch against a plain background. The upper parts of the bird are predominantly olive green, except for a yellow crown overlaid with black hatched lines and a black patch extending round the eye to the neck, enclosing a yellow tuft. The underparts are yellow. The drawing is framed by a pencil border and annotated in ink and pencil.

 

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