Summary: | Title devised by cataloguer based on inscriptions.; Part of the collection: Watercolours of New Zealand birds for an unpublished Manual of birds of New Zealand by Gregory M. Mathews.; Inscriptions: Signed in medium, lower right; "Whatman's water colour sketching board. No. 1 Special surface. Manufactured by Winsor & Newton, Ltd., London, England"--Ink stamp on reverse.; Painting on card with each species numbered and identified by inscription on reverse. 1.-2. Coturnix novaezelandiae, N.Z. quail (male & female). 3. Porzanidea fluminea, Spotless crake. 4. Zapornia pusilla, Little crake. 5. Huttonena modestus, Chatham Island little rail. 6. Hyporallus muelleri, Auckland Island rail.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6314972.
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