62-87546. 62. Descourtilz, Ornithologie Bresilienne: Phibalura Flavirostris, Querula Rubricollis, Turdus Orpheus, Turdus Flavipes, Turdus Brasiliensis

Birds depicted: Phibalura Flavirostris, Querula Rubricollis, Turdus Orpheus, Turdus Flavipes and Turdus Brasiliensis.
Descourtilz worked for the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro. He was the son of French adventurer, botanist and naturalist Michel Etienne Descourtilz. The only other work that Descourtilz was known to have illustrated was his father’s work Flore Pittoresque et Médicale des Antilles .