拍品专文
The bird was illustrated over forty years earlier by Elizabeth Gould in A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains in 1831, but Gould thought that another plate was needed in The Birds of Asia to depict the well-defined markings of this species.
This pigeon was found in the Himalayas. Gould quoted from T.C. Jerdon, 'It is met with chiefly towards the north-west, and is stated to frequent rocky heights and sequestered valleys, from 10,000 feet to snow-level, in large parties. It feeds in the fields, returning to the rocks to roost, and is said to be shy and wary.'
The pigeon is depicted lifesize.
N. Vigors, Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1830-31, p.23
J. Gould, Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, 1830-33, pl.59
T.C. Jerdon, Birds of India, III, p.471
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Asia: southwestern Turkestan and northeastern Afghanistan east through southern Tibet and northern India to central and western China and northwestern Burma
This pigeon was found in the Himalayas. Gould quoted from T.C. Jerdon, 'It is met with chiefly towards the north-west, and is stated to frequent rocky heights and sequestered valleys, from 10,000 feet to snow-level, in large parties. It feeds in the fields, returning to the rocks to roost, and is said to be shy and wary.'
The pigeon is depicted lifesize.
N. Vigors, Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1830-31, p.23
J. Gould, Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, 1830-33, pl.59
T.C. Jerdon, Birds of India, III, p.471
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Asia: southwestern Turkestan and northeastern Afghanistan east through southern Tibet and northern India to central and western China and northwestern Burma