Series 5: Original watercolour drawings for the publication Birds of Australia : a Summary of Information [by] J. D. MacDonald, 1973 / by Peter Slater

Original artwork for a Field guide to Australian birds, The Slater guide to Australian birds, and Birds of Australia, 1970-2009 / Peter Slater

22 watercolour plates on board of Australian Birds. Each plate is annotated with plate number and its corresponding page number in the publication, Birds of Australia : a Summary of Information. 

1. Seabirds, plate 1, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 1
2. Waterbirds, plate 2, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 2
3. Birds of Prey, plate 3, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 3
4. Bustard, Brolga, Megapodes, plate 4
5. Quail and Crakes, plate 5, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 5
6. Waders, plate 6, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 6
7. Terns and Skuas, plate 7, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 7
8. Pigeons, plate 8, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 8
9. Parrots, plate 9, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 9
10. Parrots and cockatoos, plate 10, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 10
11. Kingfishers, Pitta, plate 12, PXD 1506/Box 34/no. 11
12. Swallows, desert ground birds, plate 13, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 1
13. Wrens, plate 14, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 2
14. Thornbills, plate 15, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 3
15. Robins, plate 16, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 4
16. Chats, Whistlers, plate 17, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 5
17. Pardalotes, Treecreepers, plate 18, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 6
18. Honeyeaters, plate 19, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 7
19. Honeyeaters, plate 20, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 8
20. Finches, plate 21, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 9
21. Bowerbirds, Figbirds, plate 22, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 10
22. Magpies, plate 23, PXD 1506/Box 35/no. 11

PXD 1506/Box 36
107 pen and pencil drawings on either board or paper. Some have pencil annotations, bird names and the artist name 'Peter Slater'. Two drawings at PXD 725/36/56 taped together. One item at PXD 1506/36/77 is a print of a drawing from page 398.

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