EditorialAntillean crested hummingbird, Orthorhyncus cristatus, and sapphire-throated hummingbird, Lepidopyga coeruleogularis. Handcoloured lithograph from Th. Lejeune's Complete Works of Buffon, Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Brussels, 1837.
EditorialFuut (Podiceps cristatus). Duijkhoender. / colijmbus major. / gr?be cornu. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 164 mm ? w 171 mm.
EditorialAntillean crested hummingbird, Orthorhyncus cristatus, and ruby-topaz hummingbird, Chrysolampis mosquitus. Handcoloured lithograph from Th. Lejeune's Complete Works of Buffon, Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Brussels, 1837.
EditorialAntillean crested hummingbird, Orthorhyncus cristatus, and sapphire-throated hummingbird, Lepidopyga coeruleogularis. Handcoloured lithograph from Th. Lejeune's Complete Works of Buffon, Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Brussels, 1837.
EditorialSilvery lutung, Trachypithecus cristatus (Semnopithecus pruinosus) and Sumatran surili, Presbytis melalophos (Semnopithecus melalophos) endangered. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Animals...
EditorialCrested black tyrant, Knipolegus lophotes (Blechropus cristatus). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842.
EditorialCrested black tyrant, Knipolegus lophotes (Crested-black water-chat, Blechropus cristatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ornithology: Flycatche...
EditorialAustralian owlet nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus or tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides? (Banded goatsucker, Caprimulgus vittatus.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823.
EditorialPhasianus Albo-Cristatus, Pheasant. Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, engraving 1831 by Elizabeth Gould and John Gould. John Gould was working as a taxidermist,he was known as the 'bird-stuffer', by the Zoological Society. Gould's fascination with bir...
EditorialAmazonian royal flycatcher, Onychorhynchus coronatus (Crested tody, Todus cristatus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," ...
EditorialCollared peccary, Pecari tajacu, and female Indian wild boar, Sus scrofa cristatus. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural H...
EditorialIndian peafowl, Pavo cristatus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.
EditorialGrey-pileated finch, Coryphospingus pileatus, and red-crested finch, Coryphospingus cucullatus, (C. cristatus). Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captiv...
EditorialIndian or blue peafowl, Pavo cristatus 1, multicoloured variety displaying plumage 2, and leucastic white variety 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann B...
EditorialGreat crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist a...
EditorialDomesticated turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, and Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre,...
EditorialSilvery lutung or langur, Trachypithecus cristatus, and grivet monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, ...
EditorialCrested peacock, Indian or blue peafowl, Pavo cristatus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, ...