EditorialG. Cetonia 10, Beetle, Fig. 1-6: C. Afflicta, C. Vidua, C. Sardea, C. Kardini, C. Stephens, C. Leucogramma, Signed: E. Gu?rin pinx, Oudet Sculp, Raymond Imp, Publi? par JB Bailli?re, Pl. 40, p. 410, Gu?rin-M?neville, F?lix-?douard (pinx.); Oudet, Marie...
EditorialVidua regia, Print, The shaft-tailed whydah or queen whydah (Vidua regia) is a small, sparrow-like bird in the genus Vidua. During the breeding season the male has black crown and upper body plumage, golden breast and four elongated black tail shaft fe...
EditorialVidua regia, Print, The shaft-tailed whydah or queen whydah (Vidua regia) is a small, sparrow-like bird in the genus Vidua. During the breeding season the male has black crown and upper body plumage, golden breast and four elongated black tail shaft fe...
EditorialUpper body of a hl., Widow, c. 1410, mixed media on fir wood, 38 x 29.5 cm, unsigned., Hallmarked in the nimbus, left: santt, right: vidua, S?ddeutscher Meister, 15. Jh.
EditorialVidua Senensis in Hetruria (Widow of Siena in Tuscany) from H. Weigel's Trachtenbuch, plate 51 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1577-1578. Dimensions: 245 x ...
EditorialLong-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea, in breeding plumage and after moulting (non-breeding male). Handcoloured lithograph by Burggraaff from Th. Lejeune's Complete Works of Buffon, Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Brussels, 1837.
EditorialVidua macroura (Pin-tailed whydah) and locust. Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1778. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 223 mm ? w 309 mm; h 179 mm ? w 281 mm.
EditorialLong-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea, in breeding plumage and after moulting (non-breeding male). Handcoloured lithograph by Burggraaff from Th. Lejeune's Complete Works of Buffon, Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Brussels, 1837.
EditorialPin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura (Supercilious widow bird, Fringilla superciliosa Vieillot). Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1829.
EditorialShaft-tailed whydah, Vidua regia. (Shaft-tailed whidah, Emberiza regia) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes and his daughter M (Matilda) from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, Lond...
EditorialLong-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea. Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captivity," London, 1899.
EditorialPin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura. (Vidua principalis) Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captivity," London, 1899.
EditorialLong-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea, male. (Red-breasted long-tailed finch, Emberiza paradisaea) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park...
EditorialVillage indigobird or steelblue widowfinch, Vidua chalybeata. (Combasou, Hypochaera aenea) Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captivity," London, 1899.