filter
 filter
Editorial Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), prosecutor / clamper (title on object), Golden Plover. Numbered top right: 4. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, comm...
Editorial Kildeer Plover, Wedge-tailed Plover (Charadrius vociferus), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 317 (Vol. 5), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the Uni...
Editorial Piping Plover, Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, Yellow-footed Plover (Charadrius melodus), lithograph, Pl. 321 (Vol. 5), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the Unite...
Editorial Dendrocygna autumnalis, Print, The black-bellied whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), formerly called the black-bellied tree duck, is a whistling duck that breeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South Ameri...
Editorial Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) or Silver Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Golden Plover and Silver Plover. Numbered top right: 9. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known...
Editorial Plover shells, raw mussel and brocade shell Chidorigai namakaki nishikigai (title on object) A series of shells (series title) Kaitsukushi (series title on object), A large mussel, a gray pecten and five smaller ones shells. With three poems, one poem ...
Editorial Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), charadrius. icterus. / pore doré. (title on object), Golden plover. Numbered top right: 5. With the Latin names. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, bird...
Editorial Kildeer Plover, from the Game Birds series (N13) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands.
Editorial American Ring Plover, American Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 320 (Vol. 5), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawi...
Editorial American Golden Plover, American Golden Ringworm (Pluvialis dominica, Charadrius marmoratus), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 316 (Vol. 5), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of Amer...
Editorial Lantern Slide - Eggs of Southern Stone Plover, Australia, Date Unknown, Black and white image of two eggs of the Southern Stone Plover, now known as a Bush Stone-curlew, photographed by A.J. Campbell.
Editorial Rocky Mountain Plover, Gray Ringed Plover (Charadrius montanus), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 318 (Vol. 5), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in th...
Editorial Golden Plover, from the Game Birds series (N13) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands.
Editorial Golden Plover, from the Game Birds series (N40) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes.
Editorial Black-bellied Plover, Gray Plover (Pluvialis squatarola, Charadrius helveticus), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 315 (Vol. 5), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from dra...
Editorial Wilson's Plover, Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 319 (Bd. 5), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the United S...
Editorial Charadrius obscurus, Print, The New Zealand plover (Charadrius obscurus) is a species of shorebird found only in certain areas of New Zealand. Its Maori names include tuturiwhatu, pukunui, and kukuruatu., 1845-1848.
Editorial Cricetus frumentarius, Print, The European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the only species of the genus Cricetus.It is native to a large range in Eurasia, extending from Belg...
Editorial Cricetus frumentarius, Print, The European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the only species of the genus Cricetus.It is native to a large range in Eurasia, extending from Belg...
Editorial Erythrogonys cinctus, Print, The red-kneed dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) is a species of plover in a monotypic genus in the subfamily Vanellinae. It is often gregarious and will associate with other waders of its own and different species, even when ...
Editorial Charadrius montanus, Print, The mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) is a medium-sized ground bird in the plover family (Charadriidae). It is misnamed, as it lives on level land. Unlike most plovers, it is usually not found near bodies of water or eve...
Editorial Chettusia gregaria, Print, The sociable lapwing or sociable plover (Vanellus gregarius) is a critically endangered wader in the lapwing family of birds. The genus name is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specifi...
Editorial Hoplopterus coronatus, Print, The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), or crowned plover, is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa. It is an adaptable and numerou...
Editorial Charadrius asiaticus, Print, The Caspian plover (Charadrius asiaticus) is a wader in the plover family of birds. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek ...
Editorial Charadrius hiaticula, Print, The common ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover that breeds in Arctic Eurasia. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. ...
Editorial Charadrius morinellus, Print, The Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), also known in Europe as just dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds., 1790-1796.
Editorial Charadrius vociferus, Print, The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a large plover found in the Americas. It was described and given its current scientific name in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. There are three subspe...
Editorial Eupodotis melanogaster, Print, The black-bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster), also known as the black-bellied korhaan, is an African ground-dwelling bird in the bustard family. Some authorities place it in the genus Eupodotis., 1835.
Editorial Hoplopterus spinosus, Print, The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae., 1700-1880.
Editorial Charadrius hiaticula, Print, The common ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover that breeds in Arctic Eurasia. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. ...
Editorial Phegornis mitchellii, Print, The diademed sandpiper-plover or diademed plover (Phegornis mitchellii) is a species of bird in the plover family Charadriidae. It is monotypic within the genus Phegornis. The relationship of this species to other plovers i...
Editorial Charadrius melodus, Print, The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange-red legs, a black band across th...
Editorial Charadrius collaris, Print, The collared plover (Charadrius collaris) is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae. It lives along coasts and riverbanks of the tropical to temperate Americas, from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina....
Editorial Cricetus frumentarius, Print, The European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the only species of the genus Cricetus.It is native to a large range in Eurasia, extending from Belg...
Editorial Pluvianus aegyptius, Print, The Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), also known as the crocodile bird, is a wader, the only member of the genus Pluvianus. Formerly placed in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae, it is now regarded as the so...
Editorial Charadrius veredus, Print, The oriental plover (Charadrius veredus) also known as the oriental dotterel, is a medium-sized Charadriine plover closely related to the Caspian plover. It breeds in parts of Mongolia and China, migrating southwards each yea...
Editorial Charadrius morinellus, Print, The Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), also known in Europe as just dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds., 1700-1880.
Editorial Pluvianellus sociabilis, Print, Magellanic plover, The Magellanic plover (Pluvianellus socialis) is a rare and unique wader found only in southernmost South America. It was long placed in with the other plovers in the family Charadriidae; however, beha...
Editorial Manis longicaudata, Print, The long-tailed pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), also called the African black-bellied pangolin, or ipi, is a diurnal, arboreal pangolin species belonging to the family Manidae, in the order Pholidota. They feed on ants ra...
Editorial Charadrius tricollaris, Print, The three-banded plover, or three-banded sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris), is a small wader. This plover is resident in much of eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar, mainly on inland rivers, pools, and lakes. Its...
Editorial Ortyxelos meiffreni, Print, The lark buttonquail, lark-plover or quail-plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii) is a species of buttonquail in the family Turnicidae. It is monotypic within the genus Ortyxelos., 1700-1880.
Editorial Pluvianus aegyptius, Print, The Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), also known as the crocodile bird, is a wader, the only member of the genus Pluvianus. Formerly placed in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae, it is now regarded as the so...
Editorial Cricetus frumentarius, Print, The European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the only species of the genus Cricetus.It is native to a large range in Eurasia, extending from Belg...
Editorial Charadrius ruficapillus, Print, The red-capped plover (Charadrius ruficapillus), also known as the red-capped dotterel, is a small plover., 1700-1880.
Editorial Manis longicaudata, Print, The long-tailed pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), also called the African black-bellied pangolin, or ipi, is a diurnal, arboreal pangolin species belonging to the family Manidae, in the order Pholidota. They feed on ants ra...
Editorial Pluvianus aegyptius, Print, The Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), also known as the crocodile bird, is a wader, the only member of the genus Pluvianus. Formerly placed in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae, it is now regarded as the so...
Editorial Dendrocygna autumnalis, Print, The black-bellied whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), formerly called the black-bellied tree duck, is a whistling duck that breeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South Ameri...
Editorial Manis longicaudata, Print, The long-tailed pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), also called the African black-bellied pangolin, or ipi, is a diurnal, arboreal pangolin species belonging to the family Manidae, in the order Pholidota. They feed on ants ra...
Editorial Hoplopterus tectus, Print, The black-headed lapwing or black-headed plover (Vanellus tectus) is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is a resident breeder across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia, although...
Editorial Eupodotis melanogaster, Print, The black-bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster), also known as the black-bellied korhaan, is an African ground-dwelling bird in the bustard family. Some authorities place it in the genus Eupodotis., 1820-1860.
Editorial Cricetus frumentarius, Print, The European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the only species of the genus Cricetus.It is native to a large range in Eurasia, extending from Belg...
Editorial Cricetus frumentarius, Print, The European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the only species of the genus Cricetus.It is native to a large range in Eurasia, extending from Belg...
Editorial Dendrocygna autumnalis, Print, The black-bellied whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), formerly called the black-bellied tree duck, is a whistling duck that breeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South Ameri...
Editorial Charadrius modestus, Print, The rufous-chested plover or rufous-chested dotterel (Charadrius modestus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It breeds in southern parts of Argentina and Chile and on the Falkland Islands. Some birds migrate n...
Editorial Charadrius pecuarius, Print, Kittlitz's plover (Charadrius pecuarius) is a small shorebird (35-40 g) in the family Charadriidae that breeds near coastal and inland saltmarshes, sandy or muddy riverbanks or alkaline grasslands with short vegetation. It ...
Editorial Charadrius hiaticula, Print, The common ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover that breeds in Arctic Eurasia. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. ...
Editorial Hoplopterus albiceps, Print, The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) is a medium-sized wader. It is resident throughout tropical Africa, usually near large rivers., 1820-1860.
Editorial Hoplopterus spinosus, Print, The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae., 1700-1880.
Editorial Hoplopterus spinosus, Print, The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae., 1700-1880.
Editorial Charadrius semipalmatus, Print, The semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a...
Editorial Ortyxelos meiffreni, Print, The lark buttonquail, lark-plover or quail-plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii) is a species of buttonquail in the family Turnicidae. It is monotypic within the genus Ortyxelos., 1825-1834.
Editorial Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop, Edo period, Japan, c1792-c1793. Ohisa turns to glance questioningly at someone just outside the picture. Her black gauze kimono has a pattern of yellow and white flashes, and the neck line is carefully arranged to revea...
Editorial Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) or silver plover (Pluvialis squatarola). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 180 mm ? w 300 mm.
Editorial A Plover. Date/Period: Fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277). Folio. Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment. Height: 233 mm (9.17 in); Width: 164 mm (6.45 in).
Editorial Black-bellied Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Kildeer Plover, from the Game Birds series (N13) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands.
Editorial Golden Plover, from the Game Birds series (N13) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands.
Editorial Kildeer Plover, from the Game Birds series (N13) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands.
Editorial Golden Plover, from the Game Birds series (N40) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes.
Editorial Crab plover, Dromas ardeola, and black swan, Cygnus atratus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lesson's Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838.
Editorial Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) or silver plover (Pluvialis squatarola). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 180 mm ? w 300 mm.
Editorial Black-Bellied Sandgrouse ‘Pterocles orientalis’. Wellesley Albums. 1798 - 1805. Source: NHD 29/79.
Editorial Woman with yoke, central sheet of the triptych The Plover Crystal River in Mutsu Province, from an untitled series of the Six Crystal Rivers. Date: 1847-1850. Dimensions: 39 cm x 26 cm.
Editorial Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa (Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province).
Editorial The long legged Plover. The British Zoology. T. Pennant; London, 1766. Source: 459.g.1, opposite 128.2.
Editorial The Norfolk Plover. The British Zoology. T. Pennant; London, 1766. Source: 459.g.1, opposite 127.
Editorial Black-Bellied Sandgrouse ‘Pterocles orientalis’. Wellesley Albums. 1798 - 1805. Source: NHD 29/79.
Editorial Rocky Mountain Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Golden Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Piping Plover. Dated: 1834. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Black-bellied Darter. Dated: 1836. Dimensions: plate: 96.6 x 65 cm (38 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.) sheet: 100.9 x 68.2 cm (39 3/4 x 26 7/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper.
Editorial Ruddy Plover. Dated: 1834. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Wilson's Plover. Dated: 1834. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Ring Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Black-bellied Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Kildeer Plover. Dated: 1834. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Rocky Mountain Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Wilson's Plover. Dated: 1834. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Piping Plover. Dated: 1834. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Golden Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Ring Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Black-bellied Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Kildeer Plover. Dated: 1834. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Black-bellied Darter. Dated: 1836. Dimensions: plate: 96.6 x 65 cm (38 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.) sheet: 100.9 x 68.2 cm (39 3/4 x 26 7/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper.
Editorial A Plover. Date/Period: Fourth quarter of 13th century (after 1277). Folio. Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment. Height: 233 mm (9.17 in); Width: 164 mm (6.45 in).
Editorial Callipharus nigriventris (Black-bellied Hummingbird). Medium: hand-colored lithograph.
Editorial Rocky Mountain Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Wilson's Plover. Dated: 1834. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Piping Plover. Dated: 1834. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
Editorial Golden Plover. Dated: 1836. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.