LARGE BILLED PUFFIN (PLATE CCXCIII)

Horned Puffin, "Fratercula corniculata" JW 37 very good impression, pale blue watercolor in the image at upper left (colorist's error) 14 5/8 by 20 3/8 in.; 372 by 518 mm. Based on a composition painted in Great Britain in 1834 or 1835 from specimens lent by the celebrated ornithologist and bird artist, John Gould.