Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/310
Scientific nameCallaeas cinerea
CollectionHunterian
CategoryWet preparations
DescriptionThe head of a wattle bird, showing the flaps of skin at either side of the beak that resulted in its common name.
Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793
Preparator
Collector/excavator
Owner/user
presented
Physical Location
LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery
Physical Information
Physical descriptionWet preparation of bone and tissue mounted in a circular glass jar with opaque lid, possibly pitch bladder sealed.
Materialglass (material), alcohol (70%)
Glaucopsis cinerea
Dimensions
whole height: 161 mm
whole diameter: 71 mm
whole weight: 680 g
whole diameter: 71 mm
whole weight: 680 g
Bibliography
SourceDobson 1970-71
Transcript310: The head of a Wattle-bird of New Holland (Glaucopis cinerea). The common name of this bird was given by Captain Cook's crew and the scientific name by Forster. Both these species are remarkable for fleshy appendages connected with the beak, the use of which is not known. In Glaucopis the appendages are of a circular form and are continued pendent from the angles of the mouth, like the wattles of the same bird.
