EditorialTub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna (Sappharine gurnard, Trigla hirundo). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialVisdief (Sterna hirundo), Visdief. Numbered top right: 16. Right the German name. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. Wi...
EditorialCommon tern (Sterna hirundo). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 131 mm ? w 268 mm.
EditorialCommon tern (Sterna hirundo). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 131 mm ? w 268 mm.
EditorialWire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823.
EditorialGreater striped swallow, Hirundo cucullata (Cape swallow, Hirundo capensis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804.