拍品專文
A drawing for plate 26 of Jardine's Naturalist's Library, vol. XVIII in the 1843 collected edition, first published in vol.VI of Ornithology in 1836: 'Pale-Headed Broadtail/Platycerus palliceps'. In the published engraving a landscape setting has been added, presumably by Lizars.
Selby's text states that the bird 'is a native of New Holland', i.e. present day Indonesia. As in one other case in the book the only reference given is to Lear's own Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots of 1832; presumably Lear was the first to publish it. In his book it appears as plate 19 and is called 'Paleheaded Parrakeet/Platycercus Palliceps'; the bird faces left but the head is not turned, the feathers on the upper legs are absent, the tail is not fanned at all, and the bough on which the bird perches is different
Selby's text states that the bird 'is a native of New Holland', i.e. present day Indonesia. As in one other case in the book the only reference given is to Lear's own Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots of 1832; presumably Lear was the first to publish it. In his book it appears as plate 19 and is called 'Paleheaded Parrakeet/Platycercus Palliceps'; the bird faces left but the head is not turned, the feathers on the upper legs are absent, the tail is not fanned at all, and the bough on which the bird perches is different