Latham Collection (page 3)

Red-knobbed coot or crested coot, Fulica cristata. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

African finfoot, Podica senegalensis. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Cape Barren goose, Cereopsis novae hollandiae (New Holland cereopsis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Snowy sheathbill, Chionis albus (White sheath-bill, Vaginalis chionis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus (Martinico gallinule, Gallinula martinica). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Chinese jacana, Parra sinensis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Buff-banded rail, Gallirallus philippensis (Philippine rail, Rallus philippensis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola (Austrian pratincole, Glareola austriaea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
Eurasian or pied oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Cream-coloured courser, Cursorius cursor (Cursorius europaeus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

New Zealand plover, Charadrius obscures. Endangered
New Zealand plover, Charadrius obscures (Charadrius novae Zealandiae). Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Tahitian sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera. Extinct. (White-winged sandpiper, Tringa leucoptera.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Greater painted-snipe, Rostratula benghalensis (Cape snipe, Scolopax capensis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Hadada or hadeda ibis, Bostrychia hagedash? (White-headed curlew, Numenius leucocephalus.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Black-faced ibis, Theristicus melanopis (Tantalus melanops). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Crab plover, Dromas ardeola (Abyssinian erody, Ardea pondiceriana). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Wattled crane, Bugeranus carunculatus. Vulnerable. (Wattled heron, Ardea carunculata.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

Lesser adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus. Vulnerable. (Modun crane.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Greater adjutant, Leptoptilos dubious. Endangered. (Gigantic crane, Ardea argala.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Hamerkop, Scopus umbretta (Tufted umbre). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Wood stock, Mycteria americana (American jabiru). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Horned screamer, Anhima cornuta (Palamedea cornuta). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Northern potoo, Nyctibius jamaicensis (Jamaican goatsucker, Caprimulgus jamaicensis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

Australian owlet nightjar or tawny frogmouth?
Australian owlet nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus or tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides? (Banded goatsucker, Caprimulgus vittatus)

Long-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus climacurus (Long-tailed goatsucker). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Pacific swallow, Hirundo tahitica (Otaheite swallow, Hirundo tahitiae). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Edible-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus fuciphagus, and nest of saliva, used in bird s-nest soup. (Esculent swallow, Hirundo esculenta)

Indian cliff swallow, Petrochelidon fluvicola. (Rufous-headed swallow, Hirundo indica.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

South Island tomtit, Petroica macrocephala macrocephala (Great-headed titmouse, Parus macrocephalus). Native to New Zealand

Striated pardalote, Pardalotus striatus (Striped-headed manakin, Pipra striata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Blue-naped chlorophonia, Chlorophonia cyanea (Green-headed manakin, native to South America). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Regal wren. Unknown species of wren from South America, called le Roi by Azara and found int Buenos Aires. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Thorn-tailed rayadito, Aphrastura spinicauda (Thorn-tailed warbler, Sylvia spinicauda). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

Red-winged fairywren, Malurus elegans (Superb warbler, Sylvia cyanea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca, with nest and eggs. (Lesser white-throat warbler, Sylvia sylviella.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica (Blue-necked warbler, also known as gunpigera, neelkunthee, gunpedrab in India). Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Grey fantail, Rhipidura albiscapa (Southern wagtail, based on a painting by the Port Jackson Painter). Handcoloured copperplate drawn

White-browed wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis
White-browed wagtail or large pied wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis. (Pied wagtail of India). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Australasian pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae (New Zealand lark, Alauda novae zealandiae). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester

Long-tailed tyrant, Colonia colonus (Peruvian flycatcher, Le Colon). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Crimson-bellied flycatcher, Muscicapa coccinigastra. Unknown species of bird copied from an illustration by the Port Jackson Painter

Norfolk Pacific robin, Petroica multicolor multicolor (Red-bellied flycatcher, Muscicapa erythrogastra). Handcoloured copperplate drawn

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver C-FEYZ (msn 556), of Latham Island Airways (written-off on 14 August 1984, near Watson Lake YT). Date: circa 1980

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver C-FEYW (msn 475), of Latham Island Airways. Date: circa 1980

Hubert Latham, Henry Farman and Roger Sommer at Riems
Hubert Latham in his Antoinette IV, with Henry Farman in his Farman III biplane and roger Sommer, also flying a Farmn III at the Grande Semaine d Aviation de la Champagne, held near Reims in France

Caudebec en Caux, France - Monument to Heroes of Latham 47
Caudebec en Caux, France - Monument to the Latham 47 Heroes, who disappeared in the prototype of the Latham 47 in 1928 with Roald Amundsen onboard during a rescue mission to the North Pole in search

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