85. Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum


  • Latin name : Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 21 Dessin 1
  •  Datation : October 1803 – March 1805
  • Dates : H. 27,4cm ; l. 11,4cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on laid paper
  •  Inscriptions : thrash (ink, at  left of  center)

  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    non-identical duplicate
  •  : Ferruginous Thrush. Turdus Rufus. Moqueur François Buffon. Near New York, , 1807 May 10

Bird hanging by the beak.