King of Saxony bird of paradise (Pteridophora alberti), Papua New Guinea, 1917 [picture] /

Condition: Good, mounted and glazed (diam. 19 cm.); Watercolour signed by artist.; Title based on information from ornithologist from the CSIRO. See acquisition file number NLA/15115.; "High montane rainforest of Central and Western New Guinea. The Bismarck Range, the Eastern limits of this species in New Guinea, was visited by Ellis Rowan. The bizarre head plumes are twirled around the head in display."--Accompanying notes.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an6723074-1