This plate is from around 1850, it was then called Blue-necked Azure-Crown (Cyanomyia cyanicollis) and the information states: The range of the members of the genus Cyanomyia extends over many degrees of latitude, or from Mexico to Peru, but all are inhabitants of temperate regions, none ascending to the snow-line, or descending to the sultry […]
Vintage plate of Andean Emerald (Agyrtria franciae franciae)
This plate is from around 1850, it was then called Francias Azure-Crown (Cyanomyia francis) and the information states: Of the five or six known species of the genus Cyanomyia the C. Francia may be regarded as the most beautiful, inasmuch as it is characterized by a far greater amount of glittering colour than any of […]
Vintage plate of Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Agyrtria cyanocephala)
This plate is from around 1850, it was then called Black-billed Azure-crown (Ornismya cyanocephala) and the information states: So great is the confusion which exists respecting the synonymy and species of this form, that I might be held excused were I to give new specific appellations to at least two of them, namely the one […]
Vintage plate Violet-Crown (Cyanomyia violiceps)
This plate is from around 1850 and the information states: I did not expect that so fine a bird as the Cyanomyia violiceps could have remained so long undiscovered in the comparatively well-known country of Mexico; the merit of bringing it at length to light is due to M. Salle, who obtained two specimens at […]
Vintage plate Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Agyrtria cyanocephala)
In 1850 this species was called Red-billed Azure-crown (Trochilus quadricolor or Cyanomia quadricolor). I believe I am right in stating that this species is exclusively confined to Mexico, as it is from that country alone that I have seen examples. I make this remark because M. Lesson states, in the Supplement to his History of […]
Vintage plate of Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
In 1902 this Thrush was called the Dark Thrush or the Dusky Thrush, it said: In Asia this Thrush has a wide range: and its true habitat is there; for it is only known within the limits of the western Palaearctic Region as a rare and occasional straggler. According to Professor Schlegel it has once […]
Vintage plate of Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
In 1902 this Thrush was called Whites Thrush, Turdus Varius, it said: Although an inhabitant of Eastern Asia, this Thrush has frequently straggled to various parts of Europe, and as far west even as Great Britain, where it has been captured on at least nine occasions. The first recorded British-killed specimen appears to be that […]
Vintage plate Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
In 1902: The breeding-habits of the Fieldfare are only to be observed in the north and east of Europe ; for in every other part of the continent the bird is scarcely ever known as other than a winter visitant. It is fond of the neighbourhood of cultivated land, birch-woods, or those wherein birch and […]
Vintage plate Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
In 1902: The Redwing inhabits during the summer season the far north, but so soon as the cold weather sets in migrates southward, spreading over the whole of Europe, returning again to its northern haunts in the spring. It has been met with as far west as Greenland where it has twice occurred. The Redwing […]
Vintage plate of mistle thrush
From 1902: This well-known species is distributed over the entire Paltearctic Region, although of very rare occurrence in the extreme eastern portion. In Western Europe it is migratory to a very great extent, although in some countries a resident species. When on the ground, and in the attitude of observation, it droops its wings a […]