EditorialWeaponboard with stork or crane, Oval wooden weaponboard. The weapon carries a stork or other stilt standing on one leg, the other raised in which a ball or potato is clamped, on a blue field., anonymous, 1881, panel, h 48.5 cm ? w 41 cm ? d 2 cm.
EditorialBirds: plovers, oystercatchers, avocets, flamingos, snipe birds, whales, 1. The hooded kibitz, 2. The oystercatcher, 3. The blue-footed avocet, 4. The dark-winged stilt, 5. The European flamingo, 6. The big curlew, 7. The Snipe, 8. The Black Coot, Plat...
EditorialOceanian, Marquesas Islands: Stilt Step, Unidentified artist, Oceanian, Marquesas Islands, 19th century, Wood, Overall: 14 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (36.5 x 7 x 10.8 cm)Overall (with mount): 16 3/8 x 3 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (41.6 x 8.7 x 9.5 cm)Mount: 4 5/16 ...
EditorialBlack Necked Stilt, American Stilt (Himantopus nigricollis, Himantopus mexicanus), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 354 (Vol. 6), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from d...
EditorialAquatic Wood-Wagtail - Plant Indian Turnip, Stilt Warbler (Parkesia noveboracensis, Seiurus novaeboracensis), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 149 (vol. 3), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: T...
EditorialHimantopus autumnalis, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates., 1800-1812.
EditorialHimantopus charon, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
EditorialHimantopus sannio, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
EditorialNeides, Print, The genus Neides is a small but common Old World group of stilt bugs; the name has precedence of the junior synonym name Berytus which Fabricius coined for the same taxon in 1803. It formerly included one North American species (Neides m...
EditorialHimantopus leucocephalus, Print, The pied stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus), also known as the white-headed stilt, is a bird in the family Recurvirostridae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-winged stilt (H. himantopus). This shorebir...
EditorialHimantopus novae zelandiae, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates., 1700-1880.
EditorialHimantopus nigricollis, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates., 1825-1834.
EditorialNeides, Print, The genus Neides is a small but common Old World group of stilt bugs; the name has precedence of the junior synonym name Berytus which Fabricius coined for the same taxon in 1803. It formerly included one North American species (Neides m...
EditorialLeptonyx weddelli, Print, Grallator, Grallator is an ichnogenus (form taxon based on footprints) which covers a common type of small, three-toed print made by a variety of bipedal theropod dinosaurs. Grallator-type footprints have been found in formati...
EditorialHimantopus acarus, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
EditorialHimantopus autumnalis, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates., 1700-1880.
EditorialHimantopus autumnalis, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates., 1700-1880.
EditorialHimantopus corona, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
EditorialHimantopus autumnalis, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates., 1800-1812.
EditorialHimantopus autumnalis, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates., 1700-1880.
EditorialHimantopus ludio, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
EditorialLeptonyx monachus, Print, Grallator, Grallator is an ichnogenus (form taxon based on footprints) which covers a common type of small, three-toed print made by a variety of bipedal theropod dinosaurs. Grallator-type footprints have been found in formati...
EditorialRecurvirostra americana, Print, The American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. This avocet spends much of its time foraging in shallow water or on mud flats, often sweeping its bill from...
EditorialCladorhynchus pectoralis, Print, Banded stilt, The banded stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) is a nomadic wader of the stilt and avocet family, Recurvirostridae, native to Australia. It belongs to the monotypic genus Cladorhynchus. It gets its name fr...
EditorialLeptonyx leopardinus, Print, Grallator, Grallator is an ichnogenus (form taxon based on footprints) which covers a common type of small, three-toed print made by a variety of bipedal theropod dinosaurs. Grallator-type footprints have been found in form...
EditorialTraditional stilt houses in a village in Sumatra, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialHimantopus himantopus (Black-winged stilt). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 415 mm ? w 260 mm; h 387 mm ? w 253 mm.
EditorialHimantopus himantopus ? (Black-winged stilt). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 417 mm ? w 262 mm; h 409 mm ? w 251 mm.
EditorialBowls, 14th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Stonepaste; underglaze painted, Ceramics, Fuel has always been an expensive commodity and Islamic potters, like those of today, often sought to economize on its use by packing their ceramic kilns as ti...
EditorialTraditional stilt houses in a village in Sumatra, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialSeychelles stilt palm, Verschaffeltia splendida. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1862-65.
EditorialFrench explorers visiting a typical Chamorro stilt house on the island of Guam, women cooking and smoking tobacco. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peo...
EditorialStilt houses on Rawak Island, Papua New Guinea, with natives in outrigger canoes on the sea. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures)...
EditorialCommon stilt, Himantopus himantopus. 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 and e...
EditorialBlack-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus, and pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. P...