Genus Collection (page 2)

Gilded sapphire, Hylocharis chrysura. Adult male
Gilded sapphire, Hylocharis chrysura (Ornismya chrysura). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History

Green violetear, Colibri thalassinus (Ornismya anais). Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History of the Colibri

Green-breasted mango, Anthracothorax prevostii. Juvenile
Green-breasted mango, Anthracothorax prevostii (Trochilus prevostii). Juvenile. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural

Pale-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes leucurus (Trochilus leucurus). Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History of

Antillean mango, Anthracothorax dominicus aurulentus (Trochilus aurulentus). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere

Black-throated mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis (Trochilus mango). Adult. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural

Green mango hummingbird, Anthracothorax viridis. Male
Green mango hummingbird, Anthracothorax viridis (Trochilus viridis). Male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural

Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis, male
Purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis (Trochilus auratus). Male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History of

Dusky-throated hermit, Phaethornis squalidus (Trochilus squalidus). Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History of

Crimson topaz, Topaza pella, female
Crimson topaz, Topaza pella (Trochilus pella). Female. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History of the Colibri

Crimson topaz, Topaza pella, juvenile male
Crimson topaz, Topaza pella (Trochilus pella). Juvenile male with incomplete plumage. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons

Crimson topaz, Topaza pella (Trochilus pella). Adult male. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural History of

Meiolania, extinct genus of cryptodire turtle. Chromolithograph from Wilhelm Bolsches Prehistoric Animals (Tiere der Urwelt), Reichhardt Kakao Company, Hamburg, 1902

Parasitic tapeworm of the genus Taenia. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown

Curtis British Entomology Plate 640
Hemiptera: *Eupteryx ornatipennis Curtis (Curtis genus, binomial not located) [Plant: Bromus diandrus (Anisantha diandra, Great Brome-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 624
Hymenoptera: Pristomerus vulnerator (Panz.) ? a Curtis genus Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 246
Coleoptera: Nosodendron fasciculare (Tufted Nosodendron. A non-indigenous genus) [Plant: Centranthus calcitrapae (Valeriana calcitrapa, Portugese Valerian)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 219
Coleoptera: Monochamus sartor (Genus omitted from Pope?s Check List) [Plant: Saxifraga tridactylites (Rue-leaved Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 170
Lepidoptera: Eudorea murana = Scoparia scoparia (The Curtis genus Eudorea having been sunk, and his specific name not Check Listed)

Dwarf cassowary by JG Keulemans
Hand-coloured lithograph of cassowary head by JG Keulemans (c. 1898), based on the live animals at Walter Rothschilds Museum at Tring

Matricaria Chamomilla
This genus has been revised since this plate was drawn, and it is probably the same as MATRICARA RECUTITA, or CHAMOMILE

Homo heidelbergensis. Skull number 5. Atapuerca, Spain
Homo heidelbergensis. Skull number 5. Discovered in the Pit of Bones Site of Atapuerca (Spain). European Middle Pleistocene. Atapuerca. Spain

Aepyornis Ingens Moa
An artists impression of how aepyornis ingens, a genus of flightless birds native to Madagascar, might have looked

Badusa corymbifera - Monochrome drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, c. 1795. Paper, grey wash. Bound into copy of A.B. Lambert, The Genus Cinchona, London, 1797. Date: 1795

London, England - Camel - Two Humped Camel. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.A camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus

Pinus roxsburghii, Chin pine - Coloured copper engraving by Warner based on a watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer. A.B. Lambert, A description of the genus Pinus, London, 1803, t. 21 Date: 1803

Africa. Native affected by sleeping sickness. Engraving by Thiriat, 1903. Colored

Various Reptiles / Lizars
1. Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) 2. Mephitic Toad (Lacerta aurita) 3. Green Frog (Rana clamitans) 4. Horned Toad (genus Phrynosoma) Date: mid 19th century

Jaw of a mosasaur, Mosasaurus, found in Mstricht, and fossil palates from various unknown fish.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles

Tarsius, haplorrhine primate genus that can be traced back 45 million years.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World

Jay, Goldfinch and White-throated thrush
Three Himalayan birds of European genus: the jay, the goldfinch and the white-throated thrush Himalayan birds of European forms Date: 1839

Kenyan Wildebeest / Gnu
Kenyan wildebeest, also called the gnu. An antelope of the genus Connochaetes. Date: 1940s

Life Plant, Bermuda
" Life Plant", Bermuda - a vernacular name for a species of Bryophyllum - a section in the plant genus Kalanchoe of the Crassulaceae family. Date: circa 1910s

Ilex paraguensis, yerba mate
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Forsythia Intermedia, a genus of the Oleaceae (Olive) family, and a hybrid of Forsythia Suspensa and Forsythia Viridissima. It has bright yellow flowers

LADYBIRDS
A selection of ladybirds from the Coccinella genus, including punctata, bipunctata, figrina and punctaissima

Variety of Snakes
1) Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) 2)" Pedda Poda" Python 3)" Port Natal" Python 4) Rattlesnake (genus Crotalus) 5) Black Rattlesnake 6) Cobra (Naia tripudians)

Syntax / Rowlandson / Party
Doctor Syntax: Quae Genus committed, with a riotous dancing Party, to the Watch-House

THE MALEO
MALEO megacephalon maleo Only one species of this genus is known - this is it !

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), French botanist, credited as being the first to sort plants into genera, and to make a distinction between genus and species

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