69. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus

Latin name : Aegithalos caudatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 32 Dessin 3
Dates : Before February 1806
Full size : H. 15cm ; l. 11,5cm
Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
Inscriptions : Pl-379 (ink, at upper left) Parus caudatus (ink, at lower center)
Link to Harvard University collections :
identical duplicate
: Le Mésange a longue queue. The Long tailed Mountain tit-Mouse de Buffon. Nantes, France, , 1805 Jan.22

Side view of bird in a living pose on a sketched graphite branch.