EditorialThe war-god Skanda, eastern India, 8th09th CE. Skanda is alwyas depicted as a young man; here he holds a spear and wears a tiger-claw necklace. His hair is divided into three strands, characteristic of boyhood. Skanda's vehicle is the peacock and the p...
EditorialNew Zealand fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa (Fan-tailed flycatcher). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823.
EditorialFan-tailed cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis (Fan-tailed cuckow, Cuculus flabelliformis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822.
EditorialBroad or fan-tailed shaker, Columba tremula laticauda, breed of fancy pigeon. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Library...
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. ...
EditorialThe war-god Skanda, eastern India, 8th09th CE. Skanda is alwyas depicted as a young man; here he holds a spear and wears a tiger-claw necklace. His hair is divided into three strands, characteristic of boyhood. Skanda's vehicle is the peacock and the p...