EditorialGerman frogmouth helm, first half of 16th century. Used in the Stechen joust, this round-headed helmet was bolted onto the cuirass. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Fr...
EditorialA tawny frogmouth, a nocturnal bird native to Australia and Southeast Asia, at the Staten Island Zoo in New York, July 11, 2014. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialA tawny frogmouth, a nocturnal bird native to Australia and Southeast Asia, at the Staten Island Zoo in New York, July 11, 2014. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialPapuan frogmouth, Podargus papuensis Podarge papou. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural Hi...
EditorialPodargus strigoides, Print, The tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a species of frogmouth native to and found throughout the Australian mainland and Tasmania. It is a big-headed, stocky bird, often mistaken for an owl due to its nocturnal habits ...
EditorialPodargus strigoides, Print, The tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a species of frogmouth native to and found throughout the Australian mainland and Tasmania. It is a big-headed, stocky bird, often mistaken for an owl due to its nocturnal habits ...
EditorialBatrachostomus affinis, Print, Blyth's frogmouth (Batrachostomus affinis) is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or t...
EditorialBatrachostomus auritus, Print, The large frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus) is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Logging of its habitat...
EditorialBatrachostomus auritus, Print, The large frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus) is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Logging of its habitat...
EditorialBlyth's Frogmouth. c.1824. Probably Blyth's Frogmouth ('Batrachostomus Affinis') but possibly some other Frogmouth of the genus 'Batrachostomus'. From an album of 51 drawings of birds and mammals made at Bencoolen, Sumatra, for Sir Stamford Raffles. Wa...
EditorialGerman frogmouth helm, first half of 16th century. Used in the Stechen joust, this round-headed helmet was bolted onto the cuirass. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Fr...
EditorialHelmets and armour of the 14th century. Conical helm 1, trellis helm 2, round helm 3, frogmouth helm with visor 4, chainmail and surcoat 5, and breastplate with lance rest 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient a...
EditorialAustralian owlet nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus or tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides? (Banded goatsucker, Caprimulgus vittatus.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823.
EditorialLarge frogmouth, Batrachostomus auritus (Long-eared podargus, Podargus auritus). Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by H. Kearsley from a specimen in the Zoological Society Museum from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier,...
EditorialGerman frogmouth helm, first half of 16th century. Used in the Stechen joust, this round-headed helmet was bolted onto the cuirass. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Fr...
EditorialTawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, and European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. P...