Also known as the snake-bird, the anhinga inhabits the freshwater areas of the South Atlantic States;…
A scene depicting a great auk, as well as razor-bills and puffins. The great auk is now extinct.
A footprint of brontozoum giganeum, a now extinct relative of the cassowary. This example is eighteen…
The black cormorant averages about three feet in length, and is found in Greenland, as well as a long…
"The red-throated diver, twenty-four inches long, is common to Europe and America. This is called scape-grace…
The American scaup duck is common in North America, accidental in Europe. It is also known as the creek…
The buffle-headed duck builds its nest in the hollow of trees, and averages about thirteen inches in…
"The harlequin duck is a very beautiful but small species, fourteen inches lng; fond of the eddying…
Found in the Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America, the king duck strongly resembles the…
Also known as the old-wife, the long-tailed duck measures about seventeen inches, not including its…
The mallard, also known as the common wild duck averages about twenty-four inches in length. It inhabits…
The Mandarin duck, also known as the Chinese teal and the fan-tail duck, is domesticated in China and…
The pintail duck measures twenty-six to twenty-eight inches in length (including the tail), and is found…
The red-crested whistling duck measures about twenty-two inches in length, and is found throughout Europe…
Also known as the burrow-duck and the sly goose, the common European sheldrake has been known to make…
The eider duck is found throughout the northern regions of Europe and North America. The female lines…
The American flamingo stands about five feet tall, and is found throught tropical America, including…
A group of water-fowl at a bank, with a fountain and pond visible in the background.
The cape petrel or fulmar is about the size of a small duck and inhabits the southern seas.
The gadwall (or gray duck) is nineteen inches long, and is found throughout Europe and America, as well…
Also known as the summer teal, the garganey is sixteen inches long and found in Southern Europe and…
Found in both Europe and North America, the goosander is also known as the buff-breasted sheldrake,…
Also known as the wild goose of America, the Canada goose averages about forty inches in length fully-grown,…
The cereopsis goose is found in Australia, and is about the same size as the common goose.
Also known as common gannet and as the channel-goose, the soland-goose is common to the sea between…
Also known as the horned grebe, dipper, water-witch, and hell-diver, the sclavonian grebe is common…
Expert swimmers, grebes hunt fish, frogs, crustaceans, and insects in both salt and fresh water.
Found in the arctic regions of Europe and America, the black guillemot averages about thirteen inches…
Feeding chiefly on fish, the great black-billed gull has been known to feed on small birds.
The man-of-war bird (also known as the frigate-bird or frigate-pelican) is noted for its extraordinary…
Measuring about nineteen inches long, the hooded merganser is common in North America, its head adorned…
A group of birds of the order natatores, whose webbed feet are well adapted for propelling them on and…
The common white pelican measures about five to six feet in length, with a wingspan of approximately…
Penguins are adopted for a completely aquatic life. The body is boat-shaped, the neck long, and legs…
The jackass penguin gets its name from its strange cry, which is said to resemble the braying of a donkey.
Also known as the pantagonian penguin, the king penguin is found in the far southern latitudes of South…
Distributed throughout the northern regions of the Atlantic, the fulmar petrel prefers to nest in the…
The smallest of the web-footed birds, the stormy petrel averages only about six inches in length.
The pochard (or dun-hen) averages about nineteen and a half inches in length, and is found in parts…
A group of birds standing on a shore, with icebergs eveident in the background.
Common in Europe and North America, the velvet scoter is also known as the white-winged coot.
Averaging about eighteen inches in length, the greater shearwater is uncommon in Europe; it breeds on…
Also called the broad-bill and spoon-bill, the shoveler is commonly found on lakes and rivers, where…
Found throughout Northern Europe, the common skua has been known to attack other birds in order to steal…
Measuring up to five feet in length, the mute swan is found throughout Europe, and has long been domesticated…
Common throughout Europe, the English teal is accidental to the East coast of the United States.
Notable for its lengthy tail-feathers, the tropic bird inhabits the tropical regions of the Atlantic…
The American widgeon (or baldpate) averages about nineteen inches in length. It is common in North America,…