EditorialGreen Imperial-Pigeon, A green Muscat pigeon (Ducula aenea). Bird perched on a branch to the right. Print numbered top right: Tab. IX, other birds: dove, Simon Fokke (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1722 - 1784, paper, etching, h 200 mm ? w 160 mm.
EditorialMicronesian Imperial-Pigeon, Ducula oceanica (Carpophaga oceanica, Oceanic fruit pigeon), native to Micronesia. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir Willi...