72. Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Latin name : Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804)
Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 28 Dessin 3
Dates : Before February 1806
Full size : H. 17,8cm ; l. 22,3cm
Physical description : Pastel, graphite, on wove paper
Inscriptions : La fauvette de roseaux | femelle (graphite, at center)
Link to Harvard University collections :
identical duplicates
: Fauvette de Roseaux femelle de Buffon. Sedge bird, famelle of Albin. Near Nantes, France, , 1805
bis : La fauvette de Roseaux Male de Buffon. the Sedge Bird Male of Albin. Near Nantes, France, , 1805/a>

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