36. Common Swift
Apus apus


  • Latin name : Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 3 Dessin 1
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 17,7cm ; l. 22,5cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
  •  Inscriptions : Pl-373 (ink, at upper center) B-8 | S-1 | G-28 (ink, at upper right) hirundo Apus | Martinet (ink, at lower left)

  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    identical  duplicate
  •  : Le Martinet Noir de Buffon. the great Swallow Marttettes. Near Nantes, France, , 1805

Side view of bird in a living pose on a rock.