EditorialSylvia abyssinica, Print, The African hill babbler (Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) is a species of bird in the family Sylviidae and it has been suggested that it be placed in the genus Sylvia with such familiar European species as the Eurasian blackcap and ...
EditorialSylvia curruca, Print, The lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, winterin...
EditorialLesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca, with nest and eggs. (Lesser white-throat warbler, Sylvia sylviella.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823.
EditorialEurasian blackcap pair, Sylvia atricapilla, female in nest and male bringing food, and common whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Pardinel after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's "New Edition of the Complete Works...
EditorialLesser whitethroat, Sylvia communis, with nest and egg. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, w...