21. Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus

  • Latin name : Larus ridibundus Linnaeus, 1766
  • Inventory number : Série 49C Feuillet 8
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 30,2cm ; l. 45cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
  • Inscriptions : Brisson. | Class. 2. | Ordre 23. | Sect 1. | Genre 100. | le Goiland – larus (ink, at upper left) 100 ( at upper right)
    Goiland (ink, at lower left)
  • Link to Harvard University collections  :
    identical duplicate
  • : {Gull} N.p., , n.d.
  • bis : {Common gull} {France?}, , n.d.

Side view of bird in a living pose.