44. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major

Latin name : Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758)
Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 36 Dessin 2
Dates : Before February 1806
Full size : H. 25,1cm ; l. 16,4cm
Physical description : Pastel, graphite, on wove paper
Inscriptions : L’épeiche ou Pic Varié femelle. Buffon (ink, at lower center)
Link to Harvard University collections :
identical duplicate
: L’Epeiche ou le Pic Narie femelle de Buffon. The Great Spotted Wood Pecker – British Zoology.N.p., , n.d

Side view of bird in a living pose.