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ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT HIGH DPI RESOLUTION, PLEASE EMAIL FOR INFO. Exquisite circa 1860s Hand Colored Engraving - Antique Art Print BIRDS CLOSE UP ABOVE SHOWING PART OF THE PRINT - TO SHOW NICE DETAIL OF THE HAND COLOURED ENGRAVING Order: Passeres Genera: Hirundo Cypselus. Collacalia Families: Hirundinidae - Cypselidae H. Rustica. Chimney Swallow - H. Urbica. House Martin - Cyp. Apus. Common Swift - Col. Esculenta. Esculent Swallow ARTIST: F. O. FINCH - ENGRAVER: J. W. LOWRY FROM THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY c. 1860 - BY SIR JOHN RICHARDSON, AUTHOR OF THE FAUNA BOREALI AMERICANA, ARCTIC SEARCH AFTER SIR JOHN FRANKLIN - WILLIAM S. DALLAS, CURATOR OF YORK MUSEUM: AUTHOR OF TREATISE ON ZOOLOGY, ELEMENTS OF ENTOMOLOGY - T. SPENCER COBBOLD, EMERITUS CURATOR OF ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, AND FORMERLY LECTURER ON BOTANY, ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON - WILLIAM BAIRD, AUTHOR OF NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH ENTOMOSTRACA; CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES, &C. - ADAM WHITE, AUTHOR OF POPULAR TREATISES ON ZOOLOGY, INSECTS, CRUSTACEA, &C. - CURATORS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GLASGOW, EDINGBURGH, LONDON & NEW YORK Passeres are an order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds. - Chimney Swallow are any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodid[ae]. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds. - House Martin are an Old World bird (Delichon urbica) having blue-black plumage, white rump and underparts, and a forked tail. Also called martlet. - Esculent swallow are the swallow which makes the edible bird's-nest. Approximate Overall Size: 7 X 10 1/2 inches (18 x 26.5 cm) CONDITION: Suitable browning from age with mild spotting & soiling otherwise still in Very Good Condition. Images are sharp and clear with beautiful detail and in Very Good Condition. Blank on Reverse side. Printed on heavier paper. This exquisite engraving would look lovely framed. An art supply We do have more than 1 in stock of some of these so the image shown may be a stock photo, so please do contact US with any concerns about condition. We will also let you know if there's any major defect before shipping. N° de ref. del artículo 5413
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