Brachyurus Steerii, ad. et jur. (Steere’s Pitta)

Description

original colour lithograph.

RARE ornithological print from ‘On the Birds collected by Prof. J.B. Steere in the Philippine Archipelago” as published in London by ‘the Transactions of the Linnean Society; Second Series Zoology, vol. 1, part 6; One of the most beautiful pittas; uncommon; restricted to Mind./Bohol/Samar.