A migratory wader that breeds in the Northern hemisphere's spring and summer. It winters in Africa, South Asia and Australia.
Gould and his collectors were unaware that the bird was a migratory visitor to Australia.
The original letterpress description accompanies this lithograph.
 
Published in The Birds of Australia. 1840-1848.
 
Author. John Gould.
 
Artist. John Gould and Henry Richter.
 
Lithograph. Original hand colour.
 
Paper size. 545 mm x 365 mm.
 
Condition. EXCELLENT.
 
Acquired from the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada.