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Ornithology Collection (#12)

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Klss cuckoo, Chrysococcyx kls

Klss cuckoo, Chrysococcyx kls (Klass golden cuckoo, Chalcites klassii). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Senegal coucal, Centropus senegalensis

Senegal coucal, Centropus senegalensis
Senegal coucal or Senegal lark-heel, Centropus senegalensis. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Green-headed sunbird (Lower Guinea), Cyanomitra

Green-headed sunbird (Lower Guinea), Cyanomitra verticalis cyanocephala (Olive-backed sunbird, Cinnyris chloronotus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Copper sunbird, Cinnyris cupreus

Copper sunbird, Cinnyris cupreus (Fire-backed sunbird, Cinnyris erythronotus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Giant kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima gigantea

Giant kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima gigantea (Great African kingfisher, Ispida gigantea). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Swallow-tailed bee-eater, Merops hirundineus

Swallow-tailed bee-eater, Merops hirundineus (Fork-tailed, blue-vented bee-eater, Merops hirundinaceus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Northern carmine bee-eater, Merops nubicus

Northern carmine bee-eater, Merops nubicus (Blue-headed bee-eater, Merops caeruleocephalus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Blue-cheeked bee-eater, Merops persicus

Blue-cheeked bee-eater, Merops persicus (Merops savigni). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Mosque swallow, Cecropis senegalensis

Mosque swallow, Cecropis senegalensis (Great Senegal swallow, Hirundo senegalensis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Pennant-winged nightjar, Macrodipteryx vexillarius

Pennant-winged nightjar, Macrodipteryx vexillarius (Macrodipteryx africanus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Javan white eye, Zosterops flavus

Javan white eye, Zosterops flavus (Yellow white eye, Zosterops flava). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Tawny-flanked prinia, Prinia subflava

Tawny-flanked prinia, Prinia subflava (White-eyebrowed longtail, Drymoica superciliosa). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Background imageOrnithology Collection: African golden oriole, Oriolus auratus

African golden oriole, Oriolus auratus. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology: Birds of Western Africa

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Woodland kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis

Woodland kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis (Rufous-vented kingfisher, Halcyon rufiventer). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Title page with vignette of two rose-ringed

Title page with vignette of two rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri, in a jungle setting. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Lowland peltops, Peltops blainvillii

Lowland peltops, Peltops blainvillii (Fork-tailed gaper, Eurylaimus blainvilli). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Banded broadbill, Eurylaimus javanicus

Banded broadbill, Eurylaimus javanicus (Horsfields gaper, Eurylaimus horsfieldii). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Black-and-red broadbill, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

Black-and-red broadbill, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos (Black-billed gaper, Cymbirhynchus nasutus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Yellow-bellied hyliota, Hyliota flavigaster

Yellow-bellied hyliota, Hyliota flavigaster (Buff-bodied flycatcher). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Robin flycatcher, Muscicapa rubecola

Robin flycatcher, Muscicapa rubecola. Known only from a specimen in the Paris Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis

Collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis (White-collared flycatcher, Muscicapa albicollis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: African blue-flycatcher, Elminia longicauda

African blue-flycatcher, Elminia longicauda (Caerulean or long-tailed flycatcher, Myiagra longicauda). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Asian paradise-flycatcher (Himalayan), Terpsiphone

Asian paradise-flycatcher (Himalayan), Terpsiphone paradisi leucogaster (White-bellied flycatcher, Muscipeta leucogaster)

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Grey-headed canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis

Grey-headed canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis (Grey-headed flycatcher, Cryptolopha poiocephala). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Brown-throated wattle-eye, Platysteira cyanea

Brown-throated wattle-eye, Platysteira cyanea (Spectacle tody, Platystera lobata). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Fairy flycatcher or fairy warbler, Stenostira scita

Fairy flycatcher or fairy warbler, Stenostira scita (Long-tailed African tody, Platystera longipis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Tawny-crowned pygmy tyrant, Euscarthmus meloryphus

Tawny-crowned pygmy tyrant, Euscarthmus meloryphus (Rufus-crowned tody, Lepturus ruficeps). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Eared pygmy tyrant, Myiornis auricularis

Eared pygmy tyrant, Myiornis auricularis (Great-headed tody, Todus megacephalus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Common tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum

Common tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum (Black-headed tody, Todus melanocephalus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: White-throated spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus

White-throated spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus (Yellow-crested flat-bill, Platyrinchus cancromus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus ruficeps

Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus ruficeps (Rufus crowned tody, Conopophaga ruficeps). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Golden monarch, Carterornis chrysomela

Golden monarch, Carterornis chrysomela (Golden-hooded flycatcher, Monacha chrysomela). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Willie wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys

Willie wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys (Whiskered fantail, Leucocirca laticauda). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines

Background imageOrnithology Collection: New Zealand fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa

New Zealand fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa (White-shafted fan-tail, Rhipidura flabellifera). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Spectacled tyrant, Hymenops perspicillatus

Spectacled tyrant, Hymenops perspicillatus (Spectacle or white-winged water-chat, Perspicilla leucoptera). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Masked water tyrant, Fluvicola nengeta

Masked water tyrant, Fluvicola nengeta (Mocking water-chat). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Crested black tyrant, Knipolegus lophotes

Crested black tyrant, Knipolegus lophotes (Crested-black water-chat, Blechropus cristatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Cock-tailed tyrant, Alectrurus tricolor. Vulnerable

Cock-tailed tyrant, Alectrurus tricolor. Vulnerable
Cock-tailed tyrant, Alectrurus tricolor (Cock-tailed water-chat, Alectura azarii). Vulnerable. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Streamer-tailed tyrant, Gubernetes yetapa

Streamer-tailed tyrant, Gubernetes yetapa (Scissortail or swallow blackcap, Gubernetes forficatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Green-backed becard, Pachyramphus viridis

Green-backed becard, Pachyramphus viridis (Cuviers thick-bill, Pachyrhynchus cuvierii). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Black-crowned tityra, Tityra inquisitor

Black-crowned tityra, Tityra inquisitor (Rufous-eared black-cap, Psaris erythrogenys). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Screaming piha, Lipaugus vociferans

Screaming piha, Lipaugus vociferans (Grey piha, Lathria cinerea). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Purple-throated fruit crow, Querula purpurata

Purple-throated fruit crow, Querula purpurata (Red throated piha, Querula rubricollis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Azure-crowned hummingbird, Amazilia cyanocephala

Azure-crowned hummingbird, Amazilia cyanocephala (Trochilus quadricolor). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology: Hummingbirds

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Blue-tailed emerald, Chlorostilbon mellisugus

Blue-tailed emerald, Chlorostilbon mellisugus (Golden-green hummingbird, Trochilus prasina). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageOrnithology Collection: White-chinned sapphire, Hylocharis cyanus

White-chinned sapphire, Hylocharis cyanus (Blue-green hummingbird, Trochilus cyaneus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Title page from Hummingbirds, Volume 1

Title page from Hummingbirds, Volume 1
Title page with vignette of nest and eggs. Steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology: Hummingbirds, Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1834

Background imageOrnithology Collection: Thomas Pennant, Welsh natural historian

Thomas Pennant, Welsh natural historian
Thomas Pennant, portrait of the Welsh natural historian with a book under a tree. After the painting by Thomas Gainsborough



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