EditorialLittle bee-eater, Merops pusillus (Red-winged bee-eater, Merops erythropterus). Africa. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822.
EditorialLanius Erythropterus, Himalayan Shrike-babbler. Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, engraving 1831 by Elizabeth Gould and John Gould. John Gould was working as a taxidermist,he was known as the 'bird-stuffer', by the Zoological Society. Gould's fascinat...