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Editorial Ivory-billed Woodpeckers.
Editorial Buglossa urbana, Illustration of a plant from the genus Ochsenzungen from the 16th century, Fig. 46, p. 109v, 1561, Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gessner, Benedictus Aretius, Pedanius Dioscorides: In hoc volumine continentur Valerii Cordi Simesusii annotatio...
Editorial Greater Artemisia, Saturea, Illustration of a plant from the genus Artemisia and a 16th century savory, Fig. 110, p. 146, 1561, Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gessner, Benedictus Aretius, Pedanius Dioscorides: In hoc volumine continentur Valerii Cordi Simesus...
Editorial Achillea, Sativa Route, Illustration of a sleeping shawl and a plant from the 16th century rhombus genus, Fig. 95, p. 136v, 1561, Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gessner, Benedictus Aretius, Pedanius Dioscorides: In hoc volumine continentur Valerii Cordi Simes...
Editorial Box Containing Twenty-Three Samples of Wood from Surinam, Rectangular box with twenty-three wood samples: 1. bradilief (genus Coccoloba, fam. Polygonoceae) 2. hienge nikoe (unidentified) 3. siepo (protium spec.) 4. troeta (unidentified) 5. djond joroba...
Editorial Myxine glutinosa, Print, Myxine glutinosa, known as the Atlantic hagfish in North America, and often simply as the hagfish in Europe, is a species of jawless fish of the genus Myxine., 1700-1880.
Editorial Kodrasti and carrot Cretan, A genus of wild pestnuts, Fol. 271r, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
Editorial Arnica Doronicum, Illustration of a plant from the genus of the G?ms roots from the 18th century, T. 92, after., 61, 1773, Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin: Florae austriacae sive plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu sponte crescentium icones [...]. Vie...
Editorial Grasses 2, Fig. 1: A new species belonging to the genus Cypergr?ser, discovered by Mr. D. Thunberg on the island of Java, and named by Mr. Houttuyn Cyperus iavanicus, Fig. 2: Scirpus capillaris from Zeylon, Fig. 3: Scirpus, cephalotes from Zeylon, plat...
Editorial Orchis purpurea, I. I. Testiculi the genus and the Testiculi 2. race, Stendelwurtz, Fol. 302v, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Fe...
Editorial Grasses 4, Fig. 1: Panicum compositum from Zeylon, Fig. 2: A new species, hitherto unknown, first described by Mr. Houttuyn under the name Phleum indicum, belonging to the genus Lieschgr?ser, also shown here for the first time., 3: Alopecurus agrestis ...
Editorial Stadholderhood declared hereditary in the genus Oranje, Zilveren penning. Obverse: Dutch lion and prince of Orange hit by an arrow grabbing for orange apple that is handed out from clouds within a circle. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within double cir...
Editorial Frieze from a Mantelpiece with Three Medallions Containing the Virgin and Child and Two Escutcheons with Supporters, Fragment, In the middle medallion Maria with child up to the knees above the crescent moon and for a halo. She holds the half-lying chi...
Editorial John Hoskins, Unknown man Ev member of the genus Cavendish, painting, Watercolor on parchment, Height, 5.1 cm (2 inches), Width, 4.1 cm (1.6 inches), Signed, IH, background, left.
Editorial Hunting the warbler Hunting scenes (series title) In quibus omne genus venationis, aucupij, piscatusque (series title), A man returns from hunting for the warbler. He shows his booty to wife and children. In the background the hunt for the warbler with...
Editorial Bear hunting Hunting scenes (series title) In quibus omne genus venationis, aucupij, piscatusque (series title), In the foreground a bear is pierced by the spears of two men. In the background, another bear is caught with a net and killed. With 2 lines...
Editorial Family crest of the genus De Friderici, A polychrome decorated wooden and metal family crest of the genus De Friderici, Suriname, anonymous, 1700 - 1800, wood (plant material), metal, h 32 cm ? w 25 cm.
Editorial Unknown member of the genus Drufva, painting, portrait, Pastel, Height, 60 cm (23.6 inches), Width, 53 cm (20.8 inches).
Editorial Entry of Cosimo I to Rome in 1569 Family history of the genus Medici (part 3) (series title) Mediceae Familiae rerum feliciter gestarum victoriae and triumphi (series title), A procession of soldiers central Cosimo I de 'Medici on horseback. The proces...
Editorial Album with medallions with portraits of the genus Barbadigo, Album with 164 performances on 164 album pages. The performances were engraved for Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo. These are images of medallions with portraits of members of the Venetian famil...
Editorial Sgabello with the pieces of the weapon of the genus Borghese: a winged dragon and an eagle, Chair of walnut, resting on a front and back plate placed in a staggered position. The front plate shows a dragon with splayed wings, flanked by volutes with ac...
Editorial Half of an Arch [Porta Antonae] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Building [Aerarii Publici Rome] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Partial View of a Building [Templum Isaiae Prophetae] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial The Amphitheater in Bordeaux [Teatrum Bordeos; Transitorium Caesaris], from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Partial view of a Building [Sepulchrum Adriani] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Ruins of a Basilica (?) from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Partial View of a Monument [Mercurii Templum] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Cross-Section of Round Temple [Pinaculu Termar], from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Sorbus torminalis, Sorbus aculeata, Illustration of an antler and a plant from the genus of the rowan berries from the 16th century, Fig. 165, p. 176r, 1561, Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gessner, Benedictus Aretius, Pedanius Dioscorides: In hoc volumine con...
Editorial Partial view of a Building [Templum Veneris] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Botanical Study of a type of Yellow Gentian (genus Gentiana Major) (recto); Botanical Study of the Ascyrum Hypericoides (verso).
Editorial Vertical Landscape with the Ruins of the Temple of Venus and Roma, from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Half of an Arch [Arcus Lutii Septimi] from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Botanical Study with a Species of the Nettle Family (genus Urtica).
Editorial Partial view of a Building [Templum Iovis Ultoris) from the series 'Ruinarum variarum fabricarum delineationes pictoribus caeterisque id genus artificibus multum utiles'.
Editorial Thymelaea minor, Illustration of a plant from the genus of daphne plants from the 16th century, Fig. 181, p. 189r, 1561, Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gessner, Benedictus Aretius, Pedanius Dioscorides: In hoc volumine continentur Valerii Cordi Simesusii anno...
Editorial Sch?nus, nard, Illustration of a plant from the genus of the head peace and a plant called Nardus Indica from the 16th century, Fig. 190, p. 200r, 1561, Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gessner, Benedictus Aretius, Pedanius Dioscorides: In hoc volumine continen...
Editorial Brachionus passus, Print, Brachionus quadridentatus. Brachionus is a genus of planktonic rotifers occurring in freshwater, alkaline and brackish water.
Editorial Pagurus hungarus, Print, Pagurus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae. Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is not calcified and they use snail shells as protection. These marine decapod crustaceans are omnivorous, but mostly prey on sm...
Editorial Ostrea folium, Print, Ostrea is a genus of edible oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.
Editorial Manucodia keraudreni, Print, Manucode, Manucodes are birds-of-paradise in the genus Manucodia, that are medium-sized with black-glossed purple and green plumages., 1841-1852.
Editorial Cercopithecus ruber, Print, Guenon, The guenons are the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys. Not all members of this genus have the word "guenon" in their common names; also, because of changes in scientific classification, some monkeys in other g...
Editorial Eburna zeylanica, Print, Eburna is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae.
Editorial Chlamydosaurus kingii, Print, The frilled-necked lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), also known commonly as the frilled agama, frilled dragon or frilled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to northern Australia and...
Editorial Lucidota, Print, Lucidota is a genus of fireflies in the family of beetles known as Lampyridae. There are at least 160 described species in Lucidota.
Editorial Tinamus pileatus, Print, Tinamus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises some of the larger members of this South American family., 1700-1880.
Editorial Fringilla sinica, Print, The genus Fringilla is a small group of finches from the Old World, which are the only species in the subfamily Fringillinae. The genus name Fringilla is Latin for "finch"., 1700-1880.
Editorial Pholcus, Print, The spider genus Pholcus contains the cellar spider P. phalangioides, often called the "daddy longlegs". There are 321 accepted species in the genus according to May 2016 in World Spider Catalog.
Editorial Lepus cuniculus, Print, Hare, Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified in the same family as rabbits. They are similar in size and form to rabbits and have similar herbivorous diets, but generally have longe...
Editorial Trichechus rosmarus, Print, The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living specie...
Editorial Tetropium, Print, Tetropium is a genus of long-horned beetles in the family Cerambycidae. There are at least 20 described species in Tetropium.
Editorial Emys pulchella, Print, The wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) is a species of turtle endemic to North America. It is in the genus Glyptemys, a genus which contains only one other species of turtle: the bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii ). The wood turt...
Editorial Larus zonorhynchus, Print, Larus is a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution (by far the greatest species diversity is in the Northern Hemisphere). The genus name is from Ancient Greek laros (?????) or Latin larus, which appears to have refer...
Editorial Tringa subarquata, Print, Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tai...
Editorial Canis lupus familiaris, Print, The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris when considered a subspecies of the wolf or Canis familiaris when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus Canis (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids,...
Editorial Lophius setigerus, Print, Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Lophius is known as the "monk" or "mo...
Editorial Orycteropus capensis, Print, Orycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. The genus is known from Late Miocene to Recent of Africa., 1700-1880.
Editorial Semnopithecus melalophus, Print, Gray langurs, sacred langurs, Indian langurs or Hanuman langurs are a group of Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus. Most taxa have traditionally been ...
Editorial Hylocharis chrysogaster, Print, Hylocharis is a genus of hummingbird, in the family Trochilidae., 1820-1860.
Editorial Scraptia, Print, Scraptia is a genus of false flower beetles in the family Scraptiidae. There are about 15 described species in Scraptia.
Editorial Mycteria senegalensis, Print, Mycteria is a genus of large tropical storks with representatives in the Americas, east Africa and southern and southeastern Asia. Two species have "ibis" in their scientific or old common names, but they are not related t...
Editorial Trichoglossus placentis, Print, Trichoglossus is a genus of lorikeet in the Psittaculidae or true parrot superfamily. The genus is distributed widely through Australia, Wallacea and Melanesia, with outliers in the Philippines and Micronesia. Members of...
Editorial Vorticella tuberosa, Print, Vorticella is a genus of bell-shaped ciliates that have stalks to attach themselves to substrates. The stalks have contractile myonemes, allowing them to pull the cell body against substrates. The formation of the stalk happ...
Editorial Platax vespertilio, Print, Platax is a genus of Indo-Pacific, reef-associated fish belonging to the family Ephippidae. There are currently five known extant species generally accepted to belong to the genus.They are one of the fish taxa commonly known ...
Editorial Loligo cardioptera, Print, Loligo is a genus of squid and one of the most representative and widely distributed groups of myopsid squid.
Editorial Xylopertha, Print, Xylopertha is a genus of beetle found in Europe, the Near East and North Africa.
Editorial Spatangus pilosus, Print, Spatangus is a genus of heart urchins in the Spatangidae family. The genus is synonymous with the previously recognised genera Prospatangus Lambert, 1902 and Spatagus. There are nine recognised species. The type species is Spa...
Editorial Rollulus roulroul, Print, The crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul) also known as the crested wood partridge, roul-roul, red-crowned wood partridge, green wood quail or green wood partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order G...
Editorial Gecinus miniatus, Print, Picus (genus), Picus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family. It has representatives in Europe, Asia and North Africa. The genus name is Latin for "woodpecker". The type species was originally unclear, but it is likely to ...
Editorial Siren lacertina, Print, The greater siren (Siren lacertina) is an eel-like amphibian and one of the three members of the genus Siren. The largest of the sirens and one of the largest amphibians in North America, the greater siren resides in the coastal...
Editorial Velella antarctica, Print, Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the ...
Editorial Gymnotus electricus, Print, Gymnotus is a genus of Neotropical freshwater fish in the family Gymnotidae found widely in South America, Central America and southern Mexico (36th parallel south to 18th parallel north). The greatest species richness is fo...
Editorial Gluphisia, Print, Gluphisia is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae.
Editorial Esox lucius, Print, The northern pike (Esox lucius), known simply as a pike in Britain, Ireland, most of Canada, and most parts of the United States (once called luce when fully grown; also called jackfish or simply "northern" in the U.S. Upper Midwest...
Editorial Thymelicus, Print, Thymelicus is a Palearctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. It is the only member of the tribe Thymelini, but many skipper butterflies are yet to be assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.
Editorial Planorbis sudanicus, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
Editorial Megatherium cuvierii, Print, Megatherium was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths endemic to South America, sometimes called the giant ground sloth, that lived from the Early Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene.Only a few other land mammals ...
Editorial Otaria ursina, Print, South American sea lion, The South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia), also called the Southern Sea Lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Chilean, Falkland I...
Editorial Calamia, Print, Calamia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Editorial Phasianella, Print, Phasianella, common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae.
Editorial Didelphis opossum, Print, Didelphis is a genus of New World mammals. The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia. The genus is composed of cat-sized omnivorous species, whi...
Editorial Muraena pardalis, Print, Muraena is a genus of twelve species of large eels in the family Muraenidae., 1864.
Editorial Corbula gallica, Print, Corbula is a genus of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Corbulidae, the basket clams.
Editorial Spongia lamellifera, Print, Spongia lamella in the Mediterranean Sea. Spongia is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 50 species. Some species, including Spongia officinalis,...
Editorial Trochilus prunellei, Print, Streamertail, The streamertails are hummingbirds in the genus Trochilus that is endemic to Jamaica. It is the type genus of the Trochilidae family. Today most authorities consider the two taxa in this genus as separate speci...
Editorial Viverra pardina, Print, Viverra is a mammalian genus that was first nominated and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as comprising several species including the large Indian civet (V. zibetha). The genus was subordinated to the viverrid family by John ...
Editorial Planaria nigra, Print, Planaria is a genus of planarians in the family Planariidae. It is currently represented by a single species, Planaria torva, which is found in Europe.When an individual is cut into pieces, each piece has the ability to regenerat...
Editorial Melanopsis costata, Print, Melanopsis is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Melanopsidae.
Editorial Sterna minuta, Print, Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Laridae. Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn" which appears in the poem The Seafarer; a similar word was used to refer to terns by the Frisians. It used to encompass most "white...
Editorial Canis lupus familiaris, Print, The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris when considered a subspecies of the wolf or Canis familiaris when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus Canis (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids,...
Editorial Larus capistratus, Print, Larus is a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution (by far the greatest species diversity is in the Northern Hemisphere). The genus name is from Ancient Greek laros (?????) or Latin larus, which appears to have referr...
Editorial Macrocheilus, Print, Macrocheilus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Editorial Cymba enneagonum, Print, Cymbium (gastropod), Cymbium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Editorial Cuculus cupreus, Print, Cuculus is a genus of cuckoos which has representatives in most of the Old World, although the greatest diversity is in tropical southern and southeastern Asia. The genus name is from Latin Cuculus, "cuckoo.
Editorial Pipra leucocilla, Print, Pipra is a genus of bird in the Pipridae family., 1700-1880.
Editorial Donacia, Print, Donacia is a large genus of aquatic leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. Like other members of that subfamily, the beetles have long antennae. They are active and able to fly. Larvae feed on submerged portions of aquatic plants, su...
Editorial Murex scaber, Print, Murex is a genus of medium to large sized predatory tropical sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, commonly called "murexes" or "rock snails".
Editorial Cetonia, Print, Cetonia is a genus of beetles in family Scarabaeidae. One of the most familiar species is the rose chafer (C. aurata).
Editorial Saltator ater, Print, Greyish saltator on a Jacaranda Tree. Saltator is a genus of songbirds of the Americas. They are traditionally placed in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae) but now seem to be closer to tanagers (Thraupidae). Their English name is ...