EditorialRecto, above: Preliminary Design for Title Page to Vermis Sericus('The Introduction of the Silkworm') print series; Recto, below: Preliminary Design for pl. 3 (The Incubation of Silkworm Eggs); Verso, above: Incomplete Preliminary Design for Title Page...
EditorialCygnus atratus, Print, The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon cl...
EditorialPitta sordida, Print, The hooded pitta (Pitta sordida) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae. It is common in eastern and southeastern Asia and maritime Southeast Asia, where it lives in several types of forests as well as on plantations and other...
EditorialEurostopodus albigularis, Print, Eurostopodus is a genus of eared nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. This genus is distinctive among the Old World nightjars in lacking long rictal bristles. It also shows some features that are not shared with Caprim...
EditorialCentropus phasianus, Print, Coucal, A coucal is one of about 30 species of birds in the cuckoo family. All of them belong in the subfamily Centropodinae and the genus Centropus. Unlike many Old World cuckoos, coucals are not brood parasites, though the...
EditorialCentropus phasianus, Print, Coucal, A coucal is one of about 30 species of birds in the cuckoo family. All of them belong in the subfamily Centropodinae and the genus Centropus. Unlike many Old World cuckoos, coucals are not brood parasites, though the...
EditorialCygnus atratus, Print, The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon cl...
Editorial1. Artificial Incubation. 2. A Bird disturbed from its Nest. 3. Indian Coolie nursing Young Birds. 4. Ostriches Drinking 5. Mustering the Birds. OSTRICH FARMING AT HEATHERTON, NEAR GRAHAMSTOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.