Friday, March 9, 2007

Gould Hummingbirds

Chrysuronia eliciae - hummingbird illustration


Orthorhynchus cristatus - John Gould book illustration


Selasphorus floresii - Gould natural history


Loddigesia mirabilis - Gould's hummingbird illustration


Eulampis jugularis - hummingbirds


Lesbia eucharis - bird engravings


Circe doubledayi - John Gould book illustration


Lophornis verreauxi - Gould hummingbird illustration


Amazilia cyanura - coloured bird illustration


Metallura primolinus, Bonap. - hummingbird sketch


Chlorostilbon poortmanni - hummingbird drawing


Chlorostilbon poortmanni semi-closeup


Chlorostilbon poortmanni - closeup


All except the full page image above are made from spliced Zoomify screencaps (many!) so click for much larger versions. Mouseover for species names.

The Oxford Digital Library host 20 hummingbird plates from 'A monograph of the Trochilidae' by John Gould, published between 1861 and 1887. [previously]

No comments:

Post a Comment