EditorialLoxia leucoptera, Print, The two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), known as the white-winged crossbill in North America, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has two subspecies, white-winged crossbill Loxia leucoptera leuco...
EditorialWaxbill, Estrilda astrild (Loxia astrild). Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1802, the very rare eighth volume of the series.
EditorialCrossbill, Loxia curvirostra, male. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1800.
EditorialCommon waxbill, Estrilda astrild. (Loxia astreld) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer, 1794.
EditorialChestnut-bellied seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis. (Angola grosbeak, Loxia angolensis) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer, 1...
EditorialSouthern red bishop, Euplectes orix. (Grenadier grosbeak, Loxia orix) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer, 1794.
EditorialCommon Crossbill, Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 200 (vol. 3), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the United Sta...
EditorialWhite-winged Crossbill, Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 201 (vol. 3), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the United St...
EditorialWoodcock, Scolopax rusticola, red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, and black skimmer, Rynchops niger Becasse, bec-croise, et bec en ciseaux. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (...
EditorialCommon Crossbill, Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 200 (vol. 3), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the United Sta...
EditorialWhite-winged Crossbill, Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 201 (vol. 3), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the United St...
EditorialLoxia leucoptera, Print, The two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), known as the white-winged crossbill in North America, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has two subspecies, white-winged crossbill Loxia leucoptera leuco...
EditorialLoxia curvirostra, Print, The red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, also known as the common crossbill in Eurasia. Crossbills have distinctive mandibles, crossed at the tips, which enable them to ...
EditorialLoxia pityopsittaca, Print, The crossbill is a genus, Loxia, of birds in the finch family (Fringillidae), with six species. These birds are characterised by the mandibles with crossed tips, which gives the group its English name. Adult males tend to be...
EditorialLoxia grisea, Print, The crossbill is a genus, Loxia, of birds in the finch family (Fringillidae), with six species. These birds are characterised by the mandibles with crossed tips, which gives the group its English name. Adult males tend to be red or...
EditorialCut-throat finch, Amadina fasciata, and African silverbill, Euodice cantans. (Fasciated grosbeak, Loxia fasciata and brown grosbeak, Loxia cantans.) In the possession of Marmaduke Tunstall. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New...
EditorialOu, Psittirostra psittacea, male (top) and female. Critically endangered, possibly extinct. (Parrot-billed grosbeak, Loxia psittacea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822.
EditorialLong-crested northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis carneus (Crested cardinal, Loxia cucullata). Cardinal Dominican Comitre from Brasils, about Para, in possession of Marmaduke Tunstall. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New ...
EditorialGolden-backed bishop, Euplectes aureus, and orange-winged pytilia, Pytilia afra. (Golden-backed finch, Loxia aurea, and red-faced finch, Fringilla afra.) Little red-headed loxia from Angola and golden-backed bird from Benguela both in possession of Mar...
EditorialRed-and-black grosbeak, Periporphyrus erythromelas. Near threatened. (Black-headed grosbeak, Loxia erythromelas.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822.
EditorialCuban grassquit, Tiaris canorus, and unknown African grosbeak. (Brown-cheeked grosbeak, Loxia canora, and black-bellied grosbeak, Loxia afra or Loxia melanogastra). From the collection of Marmaduke Tunstall. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter ...
EditorialBlue grosbeak, Passerina caerulea (Blue grossbeak, Loxia caerulea). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1802.
EditorialBlack-billed barbet, Lybius guifsobalito (Abyssinian plant-cutter, Loxia tridactyla). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823.
EditorialBeautiful firetail, Stagonopleura bella (Nitid grosbeak, Loxia nitida). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822.
EditorialUnknown South African waxbill and Brazilian firefinch varieties (Red-rumped waxbilled finch, Loxia astrild beta, and white-tailed waxbilled finch, Loxia leucera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, ...
EditorialGreater Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla violacea (Violaceous grosbeak, Loxia violacea). Drawn from life in Jamaica by Charles Hamilton Smith. Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1829.
EditorialRose-breasted grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus (Ludovivian grossbeak, Loxia ludoviciana). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellan...
EditorialCommon waxbill, Estrilda astrild. (Loxia astreld) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer, 1794.
EditorialChestnut-bellied seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis. (Angola grosbeak, Loxia angolensis) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer, 1794.
EditorialRed-crested cardinal, Paroaria coronata (Crested Dominican cardinal, Loxia cucullata). . Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany...
EditorialSouthern red bishop, Euplectes orix. (Grenadier grosbeak, Loxia orix) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer, 1794.
EditorialWaxbill, Estrilda astrild (Loxia astrild). Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1802, the very rare eighth volume of the series.
EditorialCrossbill, Loxia curvirostra, male. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1800.
EditorialHawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, and house sparrow, Passer domesticus, on a flowerpot. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Fournier after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's "New Edition of the Complete ...
EditorialBullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, and crossbill, Loxia curvirostra. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by M...