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Editorial The nelicourvi of Madagascar, The weaver bird, which got its name because of its conspicuous nest building, Signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, J.J. Avril sculp, Pl. 112, after p. 200 (vol. 2), Sonnerat, Pierre M. (pinx.); Avril, J. J. (sculp.), 1782, Sonnerat, ...
Editorial Blossoming Cherry Trees in Ueno Park (Ueno koen kaika zu).
Editorial Male figurine.
Editorial Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei).
Editorial Grus antigone, Print, The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), they are a...
Editorial Pipra serena, Print, The white-fronted manakin (Lepidothrix serena) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, the manakins. It is native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and northeastern Brazil where it inhabits subtropical and tropical moist lowl...
Editorial Ceryle alcyon, Print, The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in North America. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly p...
Editorial Ceryle alcyon, Print, The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in North America. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly p...
Editorial Homarus vulgaris, Print, Homarus gammarus, known as the European lobster or common lobster, is a species of clawed lobster from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Black Sea. It is closely related to the American lobster, H. ...
Editorial Zosterops borbonica, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Af...
Editorial Zosterops cinerea, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Afro...
Editorial Ceryle alcyon, Print, The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in North America. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly p...
Editorial Zosterops madagascariensis, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in...
Editorial Zosterops haesitata, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Af...
Editorial Chordeiles virginianus, Print, The common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird of the Americas within the nightjar family, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark (grey, ...
Editorial Smerinthus, Print, Smerinthus is a Holarctic genus of hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Pierre Andr? Latreille in 1802. Adults have conspicuous eyespots on the hindwings.
Editorial Smerinthus, Print, Smerinthus is a Holarctic genus of hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Pierre Andr? Latreille in 1802. Adults have conspicuous eyespots on the hindwings.
Editorial Grus antigone, Print, The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), they are a...
Editorial Zosterops borbonica, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Af...
Editorial Zosterops westernensis, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the...
Editorial Zosterops conspicillata, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in th...
Editorial Zosterops flava, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Afrotr...
Editorial Campephilus imperialis, Print, The imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) is a species of bird, a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. The genus Campephilus is essentially a tropical one, embracing 13 species, including the imperial woodpecke...
Editorial Astacus marinus, Print, Homarus gammarus, known as the European lobster or common lobster, is a species of clawed lobster from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Black Sea. It is closely related to the American lobster, H. a...
Editorial Zosterops albiventer, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the A...
Editorial Grus antigone, Print, The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), they are a...
Editorial Homarus vulgaris, Print, Homarus gammarus, known as the European lobster or common lobster, is a species of clawed lobster from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Black Sea. It is closely related to the American lobster, H. ...
Editorial Zosterops obscura, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Afro...
Editorial Zosterops livida, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the Afrot...
Editorial Chordeiles virginianus, Print, The common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird of the Americas within the nightjar family, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark (grey, ...
Editorial Ceryle alcyon, Print, The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in North America. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly p...
Editorial Donacobius cyaneus, Print, Black-capped donacobius, The black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) is a conspicuous, vocal South American bird. It is found in tropical swamps and wetlands in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French G...
Editorial Zosterops chloronota, Print, Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has the largest number of species in the white-eye family. They occur in the A...
Editorial Anthomyia, Print, Anthomyia is a genus of flies in the family Anthomyiidae. They look rather like small houseflies, but commonly have conspicuous black-and-white patterning.
Editorial Apiomerus, Print, Apiomerus is a genus of conspicuous, brightly colored assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae. The species can be found in the United States ranging into tropical America. The common name bee assassins derives from their freq...
Editorial Portrait of James McNeill Whistler.
Editorial Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei).
Editorial Portrait of Pietro Aretino.
Editorial Blossoming Cherry Trees in Ueno Park (Ueno koen kaika zu).
Editorial Pair of Ear Ornaments with Winged Runners.
Editorial Terracotta pyxis (box).
Editorial Frost fair, 3rd February, 1814. Description based on Dorothy George: View of the Thames during a Frost Fair, St Pauls in the distance. Tents include 'The Free and Easy on the Ice' and 'Wellington for Ever Good Ale'. The barber has a tent placarded 'Sha...
Editorial THE CHANNEL SQUADRON AT PORTLAND: A SHAM FIGHT: 1. Ten minutes to go up, ten seconds to come down!; 2. "Keep down! Keep covered, men! And don't make yourselves so confoundedly conspicuous"; 3. A spectator: "Ugh! hot tearing work that, and I reckons the...
Editorial Frost fair, 3rd February, 1814. Description based on Dorothy George: View of the Thames during a Frost Fair, St Pauls in the distance. Tents include 'The Free and Easy on the Ice' and 'Wellington for Ever Good Ale'. The barber has a tent placarded 'Sha...
Editorial A view of Madura from the east with the Minakshi temple and palace. Inscribed: ‘A view of Madura, from ye Garden House at Tipocolum. Trees too conspicuous’. View of Madura from the east with the Minakshi temple and palace. c. 1783. Pen and ink and ...
Editorial Lieut J.G. Smyth, V.C., 15th Sikhs. Brigadier Sir John George Smyth, 1st Baronet, VC MC PC (25 October 1893 – 26 April 1983) was a British Indian Army officer and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was a lieutenant in the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 3rd ...
Editorial View of Madras looking south from the fort, with main landmarks numbered. Inscribed on original label: ‘View along the South Beach. 1. Government House. 2. Banqueting Room (detached) 3. The Mount. 4. Palaveram. 5. Conspicuous Mosque. 6. Marine Bunga...
Editorial The Ground Flat of Kanton. A map of the city of Canton in 1840. Street plan. China. . The Groundflat of Kanton. China. Canton. A Plan of the City of Canton and its Suburbs showing the principal Streets and some of the conspicuous Buildings from a Chine...
Editorial Moulin Rouge: La Goulue.
Editorial Agate scepter head.
Editorial Portrait of Pietro Aretino.
Editorial RAPIER.
Editorial Chair (Sgabello).
Editorial TRAY.
Editorial SHOES.
Editorial Blossoming Cherry Trees in Ueno Park (Ueno koen kaika zu).
Editorial Pair of Ear Ornaments with Winged Runners.
Editorial The Cravat.
Editorial Four carnival musicians.
Editorial Male figurine.
Editorial Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei).
Editorial Terracotta pyxis (box).
Editorial Moulin Rouge: La Goulue.
Editorial Portrait of James McNeill Whistler.
Editorial Allegory of Virtues and Vices at the Court of Charles V.
Editorial Chasuble, mid-17th century, Italian, probably Venice, Plain-weave silk, brocaded, Neck to hem: L. 47 x W. 30 1/2 inches (119.4 x 77.5 cm), Textiles-Woven, This Italian-woven silk exemplifies the conspicuous adaptation of a foreign design in a European-...
Editorial Scarlet thistle, Cirsium conspicuum (Conspicuous erythrolaena, Erythrolaena conspicua), native to Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," London, 1829.
Editorial THE CHANNEL SQUADRON AT PORTLAND: A SHAM FIGHT: 1. Ten minutes to go up, ten seconds to come down!; 2. "Keep down! Keep covered, men! And don't make yourselves so confoundedly conspicuous"; 3. A spectator: "Ugh! hot tearing work that, and I reckons the...
Editorial CAPTAIN ARTHUR KNYVET WILSON, V.C., R.N., AT THE BATTLE OF TEB. During one of the Arab charges on the British Square Captain Wilson, R.N., sprang to the front, and, though his sword was broken, he engaged in single combat with several of the enemy. But...
Editorial Charles Dickens, from a recent daguerreotype by Mayall, 1 December, 1855. . Memoir of Charles Dickens. . The lives of men of genius when happy, are ordinarily uneventful. It may, perhaps, be one of the reaspms for the paucity of materials available for...