EditorialMotacilla vaillantii, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included herei...
EditorialMotacilla boarula, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included herein. ...
EditorialMotacilla boarula, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included herein. ...
EditorialElephas primigenius, Print, The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the early Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning w...
EditorialHaliastur leucosternus, Print, Haliastur is a genus of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey. It consists of two species of kites which form part of the subfamily Milvinae; some authorities place these species in the genus Milvus, despite clear difference...
EditorialElanus melanopterus, Print, The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitrida...
EditorialTalitrus saltator, Print, Talitrus saltator, a species of sand hopper, is a common amphipod crustacean of sandy coasts around Europe. The animal's typical "hopping" movement gives the animal its common name, and is produced by a flexion of the abdomen....
EditorialMotacilla lugubris, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included herein....
EditorialMotacilla melanocephala, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included he...
EditorialTalitrus locusta, Print, Talitrus saltator, a species of sand hopper, is a common amphipod crustacean of sandy coasts around Europe. The animal's typical "hopping" movement gives the animal its common name, and is produced by a flexion of the abdomen. ...
EditorialMotacilla boarula, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included herein. ...
EditorialMotacilla japonica, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included herein....
EditorialElephas primigenius, Print, The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the early Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning w...
EditorialMotacilla indica, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included herein. T...
EditorialElanus melanopterus, Print, The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitrida...
EditorialEopsaltria obscura, Print, Eopsaltria is a genus of small forest passerines known in Australia as the yellow robins. They belong to the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek for "dawn singer/song" because of ...
EditorialElephas primigenius, Print, The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the early Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning w...
EditorialMotacilla viridis, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included herein. ...
EditorialElephas primigenius, Print, The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the early Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning w...
EditorialDicrurus macrocercus, Print, The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east...
EditorialHydrocyon forskalii, Print, Hydrocynus is a genus of large characin fish in the family Alestidae commonly called "tigerfish, " endemic to the African continent. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek ?d?? ("water") + ???? ("dog"). (In fact, this ...
EditorialTalitrus locusta, Print, Talitrus saltator, a species of sand hopper, is a common amphipod crustacean of sandy coasts around Europe. The animal's typical "hopping" movement gives the animal its common name, and is produced by a flexion of the abdomen. ...
EditorialMotacilla longicauda, Print, Wagtail, The wagtails are a genus, Motacilla, of passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included herei...
EditorialMelopsittacus undulatus, Print, The budgerigar is a long-tailed, seed-eating parrot usually nicknamed the budgie, or in American English, the parakeet. Budgies are the only species in the genus Melopsittacus. Naturally, the species is green and yellow ...
EditorialCeratophrys turpicola, Print, Asterophrys turpicola (common name: New Guinea bush frog) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is widespread in New Guinea and found in both West Papua (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea, although it appears t...
EditorialHaliastur sphenurus, Print, The whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus) is a medium-sized diurnal raptor found throughout Australia (including coastal islands), New Caledonia and much of New Guinea (excluding the central mountains and the northwest). Also...
EditorialAn anti-Catholic illustration blaming the Catholics for the Great Fire of London. The Pope is shown fanning the flames of London with a pair of bellows, and there are various scenes of conspirators with fire balls, including Robert Hubert, a Frenchman ...
EditorialCaptain Kane. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscella. London, c. 1880. Notice honouring the gallant behaviour of Captain Kane in Samoa, 1889, with an illustration of the medal awarded to him. Image taken from A collection of pamphlets, han...
EditorialIgnatian fire-works. Pyrotechnica Loyolana, Ignatian fire-works, or the fiery Jesuit's temper and behaviour: being an historical compendium of the rise, increase, doctrines, and deeds of the Jesuits. By a Catholick-Christian. For G. E. C. I.: London, 1...
EditorialAn anti-Catholic illustration blaming the Catholics for the Great Fire of London. The Pope is shown fanning the flames of London with a pair of bellows, and there are various scenes of conspirators with fire balls, including Robert Hubert, a Frenchman ...
EditorialA gentleman, standing. The Rudiments of Genteel Behaviour. With twelve engraved plates by L. P. Boitard. [London], 1737. Source: 1812.a.28 plate 1.
EditorialThe significant behaviour of the one who is blind and the other deaf. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate opposite page 46.
EditorialA lady assuming a position, one arm raised. The Rudiments of Genteel Behaviour. With twelve engraved plates by L. P. Boitard. [London], 1737. Source: 1812.a.28 opposite plate 5.
EditorialQasr el-Azrak, one of the desert-palaces of the Omayyad Aristocracy of the 8th century. The palaces, with elaborate watering systems, were used for hunting, and for drinking parties with dancing girls, a behaviour not tolerated in strictly Muslim citie...