EditorialKing Henry VI of England, 1421-1471, from a picture in the diary of the Knights of Ehingen. With two black-winged dragons holding his heraldic coat of arms of lions and fleurs-de-lys. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appl...
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...
EditorialHoplopterus 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...
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...
EditorialHoplopterus melanopterus, Print, The black-winged lapwing or greater black-winged lapwing is an east African species that is found from the Ethiopian highlands in the north to central Kenya (race V. m. melanopterus), and again at middle to coastal elev...
EditorialElanus melanopterus, Print, The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitrida...
EditorialGlareola nordmanni, Print, The black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) is a wader in the pratincole bird family, Glareolidae. The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel.
EditorialElanus melanopterus, Print, The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitrida...
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.
EditorialElanus caeruleus (Black-winged kite). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon (attributed to). Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 421 mm ? w 268 mm.
EditorialThe Black-Winged Parroquet. Nouvelles illustrations de zoologie, contenant cinquante planches enlumine?es d'oiseaux curieux ... et quelques de quadrupe?des, de reptiles et d'insectes, avec de courtes descriptions syste?matiques. (New Illustrations o...
EditorialBlack-winged Parrot, Hapalopsittaca melanotis (Black-winged parroquet, Psittacus melanopterus). From a specimen in the British Museum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, London, 1776.
EditorialBanded demoiselle damselfly, Calopteryx splendens (Black-winged libellula, Libellula virgo). Flying adult and nymph in water. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick ...
EditorialKing Henry VI of England, 1421-1471, from a picture in the diary of the Knights of Ehingen. With two black-winged dragons holding his heraldic coat of arms of lions and fleurs-de-lys. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appl...
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...
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