Subject: Birds
Period: 1844 (published)
Publication: Zoology of New York, or the New-York Fauna, Part II, Birds
Color: Hand Color
Size:
6.3 x 9 inches
16 x 22.9 cm
A striking plate of the Passenger Pigeon, a bird that once darkened the skies of North America in huge flocks, and became extinct in 1914. The female perches at top and the brighter male at bottom, from James Ellsworth DeKay's uncommon book.
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Condition: A
A nice, hand colored lithograph with some minor marginal toning.