51. Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator

  • Latin name : Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758
  • Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 2 Dessin 2
  • Dates :Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 16,3cm ; l. 23cm
  • Physical description :Pastel, graphite, ink on wove paper
  •  Inscriptions :Pl-336 (ink, at upper left) lanius rufus.Gmel. La Pie Grièche Rousse. Buffon (ink, at lower center)
  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    identical  duplicate
  •  : L’Ecorcheur a tete rouge – Buffon. Near Nantes, France, , 1805

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