EditorialSouthern red bishop, Euplectes orix. (Grenadier grosbeak, Loxia orix) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer, 1794.
EditorialEuplectes orix (Southern red bishop), nest. Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 309 mm ? w 184 mm.
EditorialEuplectes orix (Southern red bishop). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 197 mm ? w 288 mm; h 167 mm ? w 279 mm.
EditorialEuplectes capensis (Yellow bishop). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 200 mm ? w 299 mm; h 158 mm ? w 299 mm.
EditorialGolden-backed bishop, Euplectes aureus, and orange-winged pytilia, Pytilia afra. (Golden-backed finch, Loxia aurea, and red-faced finch, Fringilla afra.) Little red-headed loxia from Angola and golden-backed bird from Benguela both in possession of Mar...
EditorialYellow-crowned bishop or Napoleon weaver, Euplectes afer (Yellow-crowned weaver, Ploceus flaviceps). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ornithology: Birds of Western Af...
EditorialRed-collared widowbird, Euplectes ardens. (Red-collared whydah, Penthetria ardens) Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captivity," London, 1899.
EditorialYellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer. (Napoleon weaver, Pyromelana afra) Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captivity," London, 1899.
EditorialSouthern red bishop, Euplectes orix. (Grenadier grosbeak, Loxia orix) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer, 1794.
EditorialYellow-mantled widowbird, Euplectes macroura. (Yellow-backed whydah, Penthetriopsis macrura). Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captivity," London, 1899.
EditorialGrenadier weaver, Euplectes orix orix. Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captivity," London, 1899.
EditorialNorthern red bishop, Euplectes franciscanus. (Crimson-crowned weaver, Pyromelana flammiceps) Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captivity," London, 1899.
EditorialYellow-mantled widowbird, Euplectes macrourus. (Yellow-shouldered weaver, Pyromelana capensis). Chromolithograph by Brumby and Clarke after a painting by Frederick William Frohawk from Arthur Gardiner Butler's "Foreign Finches in Captivity," London, 1899.
EditorialFan-tailed widowbird, Euplectes axillaris, and hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. ...