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Editorial Dipus aegyptius, Print, Northern three-toed jerboa, The northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Dipus. It ranges across Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russ...
Editorial Merops aegyptius, Print, 1700-1880.
Editorial Caprimulgus aegyptius, Print, The Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) is a medium-small nightjar which occurs in south west Asia and north Africa and winters in tropical Africa. This is a fairly common species with a wide distribution which faces...
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 Chamaeleo aegyptius, Print, Chamaeleo dilepis, flap-necked chameleon. Chamaeleo is a genus of chameleons found primarily in the mainland of sub-saharan Africa, but a few species are also present in northern Africa, southern Europe and southern Asia eas...
Editorial Dipus aegyptius, Print, Northern three-toed jerboa, The northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Dipus. It ranges across Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russ...
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 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 Milvus aegyptius, Print, The yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius) is the Afrotropic counterpart of the black kite (Milvus migrans), of which it is most often considered a subspecies. However, recent DNA studies suggest that the yellow-billed kite diff...
Editorial Hermit S. Macarius Aegyptius. Artist: Bo?tius Adamsz. Bolswert. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch. Intermediary draughtsman: Abraham Bloemaert. Dating: 1612 - 1700. Measurements: h 148 mm ? w 100 mm.
Editorial Lesser Coucal ‘Centropus bengalensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Mahoke upon a Bamboe.’ [in Nastaliq and English] ‘Mahóca. Cuculus aegyptius. I. O. Egyptian Cuckoo.’ Note: The Bird is perched on a finely detailed bamboo stem. Wellesley Albu...
Editorial Lesser Coucal ‘Centropus bengalensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Mahoke upon a Bamboe.’ [in Nastaliq and English] ‘Mahóca. Cuculus aegyptius. I. O. Egyptian Cuckoo.’ Note: The Bird is perched on a finely detailed bamboo stem. Wellesley Albu...
Editorial Egyptian plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, and Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural His...
Editorial Yellow-billed kite, Milvus aegyptius, and swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Ter...