Image: A general history of birds (Pl. XXVII) (8967632085)
Description: A hand-coloured etching of the red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by John Latham. Latham used the English name "Banksian Cockatoo" The etching was published as Plate 27 in volume 2 of Latham's A General History of Birds which was published in 1822. Latham had previous included the same picture (as Plate 109) in his Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds . This had been published 35 years earlier in 1787. A scan of the earlier plate is available from the BHL here: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33046641
Title: A general history of birds (Pl. XXVII) (8967632085)
Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/8967632085
Author: Latham, John; Latham, John
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