Sujet

Toucan, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

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Toucan, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, 1844. 'It is one of a class - the Ramphastidoe - so little known in this country, that only one living specimen was ever imported. Our bird is known to zoologists as the Ramphastos Toco, but by the marvel-loving sailor, he is called the Preaching Toucan, from the incessant "palaver" with which he cheers his native solitude - the virgin forest of South America. In his present confinement he has shown himself to be a docile, contented, and, in some respects, humorous, fellow - playing very strange pranks for the accommodation of his enormous bill...His plumage is of the gaudy and striking character...being made up of blue and white patches, edged here and there with yellow and little iridescent spots of lustrous beauty. In his instincts he is a very gluttonous bird, and longs to be chopping up large butterflys and humming-birds by the dozens'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A06_394

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,7Mo (3,2Mo) / 32,0cm x 42,0cm / 3785 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal unusual bird birds exotic British beak bill zoo toucan captivity Victorian century Britain newspapers press concept B&W 19th century black & white black and white B W Zoological Gardens nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper engraving Unknown Zoological Garden