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Helioster pinicola
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Helioster pinicola

Alternate Title(s)
  • Heliomaster pinicola
  • Pine Star-throat
Artist/Maker John Gould United Kingdom, 1804 - 1881
Datec. 1861
Mediumcolor lithograph
Dimensionsframe: 31 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (79.1 x 58.7 cm) image: 20 x 12 7/8 in. (50.8 x 32.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of John R. Moore, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2016.031.067
ClassificationsPrint
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DescriptionFour hummingbirds-the two in the middle of the composition look like they are fighting in flight, one is perched at the top and the fourth is flying at the bottom. The plant featured appears to be a cyprus or spruce