No. 150 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Australian Ringneck
Pictures by Edward Lear
Edward Lear's Australian ringneck parrot perches on a branch in vivid greens and blues, from his 1832 book of parrots. Lear drew these birds from life in London when he was just nineteen, long before he became famous for his nonsense verse. For anyone who loves birds or old natural-history art.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / Australian Ringneck / Barnardius zonarius / Lear called it Bauer's parakeet, after Ferdinand Bauer, the great botanical artist who sailed round Australia with Matthew Flinders in 1801-03. / Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots, 1832 / Edward Lear drew these parrots from living birds in London when he was nineteen, long before his nonsense verse.
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