31. Scops Owl Otus scops - Dessins Audubon

Latin name : Otus scops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Inventory number : Série 32 Feuillet 1
Dates : Before February 1806
Full size : H. 20,2cm ; l. 17,2cm
Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
Inscriptions : Pl-339 (ink, at upper right) Le scops ou petit Duc | Strix – Scops. (ink, at lower left below the branch)
Link to Harvard University collections :
identical duplicate
: Le Scoss{?} ou Petite Duc Buffon. Little horned Owl. The short heared owl British Zoology. N.p., , n.d.

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