Common Hoopoe
by Science Photo Library
Title
Common Hoopoe
Artist
Science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Common hoopoe (Upupa epops). This watercolour is plate 4 from 'Neilgherry Birds and Miscellaneous' (1858) by the Indian-born British artist and amateur ornithologist Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). This book consists mostly of her illustrations of the flora and fauna of the Nilgiri Hills (then known as the Neilgherry Hills) in the state of Tamil Nadu, in southern India.
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September 13th, 2018
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