Loxia Collection

Loxia pytyopsittacus, parrot crossbill
Plate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Evening grosbeak, brown creeper and black and white warbler
Evening grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus 1, 2, brown creeper, Certhia americana 3, and black and white warbler, Mniotilta varia 4

Homecoming procession for William Curtis, 1821
Homecoming procession for William Curtis, Lord Mayor of London, 1821. Aldermen and shopkeepers carry torches beside the carriage. Procession and Te Deum Chaunt for Sir Billy Biscuit

Blue grosbeak, Passerina caerulea (Blue grossbeak, Loxia caerulea). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Rose-breasted grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus (Ludovivian grossbeak, Loxia ludoviciana). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Red-and-black grosbeak, Periporphyrus erythromelas. Near threatened. (Black-headed grosbeak, Loxia erythromelas.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Ou, Psittirostra psittacea. Critically endangered
Ou, Psittirostra psittacea, male (top) and female. Critically endangered, possibly extinct. (Parrot-billed grosbeak, Loxia psittacea)

Woodcock, red crossbill and black skimmer
Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, and black skimmer, Rynchops niger Becasse, bec-croise, et bec en ciseaux

Greater Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla violacea (Violaceous grosbeak, Loxia violacea). Drawn from life in Jamaica by Charles Hamilton Smith

Unknown South African waxbill and Brazilian firefinch varieties (Red-rumped waxbilled finch, Loxia astrild beta, and white-tailed waxbilled finch, Loxia leucera)

Cut-throat finch and African silverbill
Cut-throat finch, Amadina fasciata, and African silverbill, Euodice cantans. (Fasciated grosbeak, Loxia fasciata and brown grosbeak, Loxia cantans.) In the possession of Marmaduke Tunstall

Golden-backed bishop, Euplectes aureus, and orange-winged pytilia, Pytilia afra. (Golden-backed finch, Loxia aurea, and red-faced finch)

Cuban grassquit, Tiaris canorus, and unknown African grosbeak. (Brown-cheeked grosbeak, Loxia canora, and black-bellied grosbeak, Loxia afra or Loxia melanogastra)

Long-crested northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis carneus (Crested cardinal, Loxia cucullata). Cardinal Dominican Comitre from Brasils, about Para, in possession of Marmaduke Tunstall

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Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, and crossbill, Loxia curvirostra.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France

Red-throated grosbeak or cut-throat sparrow, Amadina fasciata.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Haw-grosbeak, Hawfinch, Loxia coccothraustes, Coccothraustes coccothraustes.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Bulfinch, Eurasian bullfinch, Loxia pyrrhula, Pyrrhula pyrrhula.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Common crossbill, Loxia curvirostra.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Loxia curvirostra, red crossbill, Loxia scotica, Scottish cr
Plate 27 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Loxia curvirostra, red crossbill
Plate 152 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Loxia leucoptera, white-winged crossbill
Plate 364 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Crossbill (Morris)
(Loxia curvirostra) This was formerly named the Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pityopsittacus) but was later recognised as a simple crossbill variant

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