Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, center right: "Back wings + tail deep | black. | under parts all | [...] | bands on the wings | White."; lower center: "Malacaonotus atropurpureus. Burchell."; on verso, lower center: "57"
Descriptive Medium
Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
South America
Medium
Line Drawing
Tags
Category
Flora & Fauna
TWW Comment
This appears to be a crimson-breasted shrike, also known as Burchell's shrike who first discovered the species near the confluence of Vaal and Orange rivers.