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Ampelis Collection

Background imageAmpelis Collection: Bombycilla cedrorum, cedar waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum, cedar waxwing
Plate 43 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageAmpelis Collection: Red-shouldered cuckooshrike, Campephaga phoenicea

Red-shouldered cuckooshrike, Campephaga phoenicea
Red-shouldered cuckooshrike, male, Campephaga phoenicea. (Crimson-shouldered caterpillar catcher.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

Background imageAmpelis Collection: White-crested helmetshrike, Prionops plumatus

White-crested helmetshrike, Prionops plumatus. (White plumed shrike.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in

Background imageAmpelis Collection: Purple-breasted cotinga and Guianan red cotinga

Purple-breasted cotinga and Guianan red cotinga
Purple-breasted cotinga, Cotinga cotinga, and Guianan red cotinga, Phoenicircus carnifex. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Background imageAmpelis Collection: Banded cotinga, Cotinga maculata

Banded cotinga, Cotinga maculata, endangered (Superb chatterer, Ampelis superba).Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageAmpelis Collection: Purple-breasted cotinga, Cotinga cotinga

Purple-breasted cotinga, Cotinga cotinga (Purple-breasted chatterer, Ampelis cotinga). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageAmpelis Collection: Bearded bellbird, Procnias averano

Bearded bellbird, Procnias averano (Variegated chatterer, Ampelis variegata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Background imageAmpelis Collection: White bellbird, Procnias albus

White bellbird, Procnias albus, male and female (Carunculated chatterer, Ampelis carunculata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Background imageAmpelis Collection: Bohemian chatterer, Ampelis garrulus, Bohemian

Bohemian chatterer, Ampelis garrulus, Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageAmpelis Collection: Bombycilla garrulus, Bohemian waxwing

Bombycilla garrulus, Bohemian waxwing
Plate 34 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)


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