83. Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactyla

  • Latin name : Certhia brachydactyla C. L. Brehm, 1820
  • Inventory number : Série 29 Feuillet 8 Dessin 3
  • Dates : Before February 1806
  • Full size : H. 14,3 cm ; l. 14,2cm
  • Physical description : Pastel, graphite, on wove paper
  •  Signature  : L. J J A (graphite, at the  bottom of the trunk)
  •  Inscriptions  : Le Grimperau (graphite, at lower center)
  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    identical  duplicate
  •  : Le Grimperau de Mr de Buffon. the Creeper of Willughby. Near Nantes, France, , 1805 June 7

Side view of bird in a living pose on a trunk, three insects near his beak.