96. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus

  • Latin name : Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 32 Dessin 2
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 12,4cm ; l. 13,7cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, on wove paper
  •  Inscriptions  : Le Friquet male (graphite, at lower center)
  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    identical  duplicate
  •  : Le Friquet Male de Buffon. The Sedge Sparrow. Near Nantes, France, , 1805 July 13

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