Showing posts with label ornithology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ornithology. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

ANBG Birds






Illustrations by Neville Cayley. Link…

Monday, March 30, 2009

Fowl






There are many scanned books of both plants and animals at the Online Library of Biological Books. Link…

Monday, August 18, 2008

Birds and Fish











The Center for Retrospective Digitization, Göttingen (GDZ) has 443 works in its zoologica section. Shown here are some examples from Peder Ascanius [Icones rerum naturalium] and George Edwards [A natural history of birds]. Link…

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Otozoa






Birds, eggs and nests from Lorenz Oken (1779-1851). Link…

Friday, October 12, 2007

Monday, August 06, 2007

18th Century Paintings


"MALE TURKEY - He doesn't fight hard for the female, and when defeated he isn't necessarily a loser. In many cases he becomes well loved among the females. (Translated by Franko Pavicevac)". Part of the Istria on the internet site. Link…

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Stuffed Birds











Extinct birds from the Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam (ZMA). Link…