"Gall, or Oak-apple, produced by Cynips quercus-inanis, showing the internal cobwebby structure. Gall:…
An illustration of farm animals, including two horses, three pigs, and a cow.
An illustration of a man riding a white horse and a boy riding a black horse.
An illustration of a young girl carrying an armful of fall leaves.
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the metal tincture, argent (silver), represented by white.
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the fur, ermine, represented by sable (black) ermine spots on…
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the fur, ermines, represented by argent (silver) ermine spots…
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the fur, vair, represented by alternating azure (blue) and argent…
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the fur, vair, represented by alternating azure (blue) and argent…
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the fur, potent, represented by alternating azure (blue) and…
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the fur, potent-counter-potent, represented by alternating azure…
The Gambooge tree (Garcinia gummi-gutta) is a plant in the Clusiaceae family. The species was also known…
The Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron in the Ardeidae family. It was also known as…
"Struthio camelus, the Ostrich or "Camel-bird" of North Africa now extends from Barbary to Arabia, and…
Nandu or "Rhea Americana, the so-called American Ostrich... is found from Bolivia Paraguay, and South…
The Great Northern Diver, Colymbus glacialis, "...is black above, with belts of white spots making a…
"Both sexes of the Little Grebe are mainly dusky brown or blacking grey above, and silvery white below,…
This is a troop of crested "Maccaroni" or Rock-hopper penguins nesting "under the shade of tussocks…
The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a goat-like animal, living at moderately high altitudes and are…
"The Wandering Albatros of the Southern Oceans is white with narrow dusky undulations above and almost…
The storm Petrel "of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic from Greenland to South Africa, which breeds…
The Tropic Bird " are chiefly found in the tropical regions of the south; ... this species breeds as…
The Huito (Genipa americana) is a small tree with edible fruit in the madder family, Rubiaceae.
"The Gannet (S. bassana) has slate-grey wing-quills, purplish-grey bill, reddish feet and naked parts."…
The Cormorant "P. carbo, but has a tuft of long narrow recurved plumes on each side f the crown in the…
"The Indian Darter (Plotus melangaster) or snake-bird of tropical and subtropical America, ranging northwards…
"The Crested Pelican or (Pelecanus crispus) is white with rosy or salmon tinge, the primaries being…
"The most typical forms of Ardea (Common Heron) are large slaty-coloured birds, varied by black, rufous,…
"Balaeniceps rex, the Shoebill, of the White Nile, has a short crest, and is brownish-grey with blackish…
"Ciconia ciconia, the White Stork, ...is white with black wings and orbits, red bill and feet." A. H.…
"Platalea leucorodia, the Spoonbill, has white plumage, with bare lores, orbits, and throat, and a fine…
Tadorna cornuta, the Sheld-Drake or Bargander, ...shews a white collar on the lower neck followed by…
Bernicla ruficollis, the Red-breasted Goose of West Siberia, which migrates southwards, strays to Britain…
"Cygnus bewicki, Buck's Swan, is white with black feet and bill, the basal half of the latter being…
"On the Sarcorhamphus gryphus the Condor, the head and neck are bare, with dull red skin, wrinkled in…
"Standing some four feet high on very long legs, this bird (Secretary Bird) gives the impression of…
"Gypaëtus barbatus, the magnificent L&emumlmmergeier, is greyish-black with white streaks, and has…
"Accipiter nisus, the Sparrow-Hawk, which breeds throughout Europe, North Africa, Asia north of the…
"Rhynchotus rufescens,... is grey-brown, with blacker crown, rufous cheeks, neck, and breast, and chestnut…
Pedionomus torquatus differs in structure from Turnix by the presence of a small hind-toe. The lax upper…
"Catheturus lathami, the "Brush Turkey" of Eastern Australia, is blackish-brown with greyish under surface,…
Crax alector, Crested Curassow, is black with a purplish gloss, the belly being white, the naked lores…
"Phasianus colchicus, Pheasant, ...has a white collar and slaty lower back with dark green barring;…
"Lagopus scoticus, the Red Grouse or Muirfowl, the only bird entirely confined to our islands, differs…
"The Hoatzin (Opisthocomus cristatus) is curious and highly specialized. "The body is long and thin,…
"Balearica pavonina, the "Crowned" Crane of the Northern Ethiopian Region, is greenish-black above and…
"Cariama cristata, the Seriemá, or Crested Screamer, extending from Pernambuco to Paraguay and…
"The Otis Tarda, the Great Bustard, which, as a native only became extinct in Norfolk about 1838, used…
"Rhinochetus jubatus, the Kuga ... has powder-down patches that are profusely distributed over the whole…
"Eurypyga helias, Sun-Bittern, has a black head, with a white stripe above and under each eye, and a…
"Aegialitis hiaticola, the Ringed Plover, Sand-Lark, or Stone-runner, mistakenly called the "Ring-Dotterel"…
"Numenius arquata, the Curlew or Whaup, breeds freely on the moorlands of Britain; and extends throughout…
"Hydrophasianus chirurgus, the Indian Jacana, of most of the Indian Region, is Bronzy-brown above and…
"Larus ichthyaetus, the Great Black-headed Gull, ranging from the Black Sea and the Levant to Tibet,…
"This species (Alca impennis or Great Auk), extirpated chiefly by the persecution of fisherman, but…