EditorialSeashell, sea needle (Syngnathus) and water snake (Natrix), 1. 2. More naelde. 3. / 1. Coclea marina 2. Acus 3. Natrix torquata / 1. 2. 3. (title on object), A seashell, sea needle and water snake. Numbered top right: 22. Top left the name in three lan...
EditorialCeryle torquata, Print, Pied kingfisher, The pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a water kingfisher and is found widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Originally described by Linnaeus in 1758, it has five recognised subspecies. Its black and white p...
EditorialFelis torquata, Print, Felis is a genus of small and medium-sized cat Felinae species native to most of Africa and south of 60? latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina. The genus includes the domestic cat. The smallest Felis species is the black-foote...
EditorialCallithrix torquata, Print, Callithrix is a genus of New World monkeys of the family Callitrichidae, the family containing marmosets and tamarins. The genus contains the Atlantic Forest marmosets. The name Callithrix is derived from the Greek words kal...
EditorialEudyptes torquata, Print, Crested penguin, The term crested penguin is the common name given collectively to species of penguins of the genus Eudyptes. The exact number of species in the genus varies between four and seven depending on the authority, a...
EditorialTorquata, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1889, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (7.3 x 8.3 cm), Trade cards from the 'Birds of the Tropics' series (N38), issued in 1889 in a set of 50 cards to...
EditorialCollared inca, Coeligena torquata (Bourcieria torquata). Handcoloured steel engraving from W.C.L. Martin's A General History of Humming-birds or the Trochilidae, Bohn, London, 1852.
EditorialScissor-tailed nightjar, Hydropsalis torquata (Scissars tailed goat-sucker, Caprimulgus psalurus). Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1828.
EditorialFlower beetle, Mecynorrhinella torquata 1, Agrilinus rufus 2, Rutela lineola 3, and Macraspis cincta 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Entomology," Bohn, London, 1837.