SPL RF Oct 2023

Red bird-of-paradise (Paradisea sanguinea), tinted lithograph. Illustrated by Joseph Smit, from the book 'The beautiful and curious birds of the world...

Greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda), a bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea. Illustrated by Joseph Smit, from the book 'The beautiful and...

Reunion fody (Foudia delloni aka Foudia bruante) [Top] Rodrigues starling (Necropsar rodericanus) [Left] White Mascarene starling (Necropsar leguati,...

Extinct birds, illustration. Seen are 1. large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) 2. ground finch (Geospiza strenua) 3. pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri...

Extinct birds, illustration. Seen are 1. Oahu akialoa (Akialoa ellisana syn Hemignathus ellisianus). 2. nukupuu (Heterorhynchus lucidus). 3. Hawaiian...

Hawaiian honeycreeper, illustration. 1. Oahu oo (Moho apicalis) was a member of the extinct genus of the oos (Moho) within the extinct family Mohoidae...

Extinct birds, illustration. Seen are 1. Miro traversi. 2. male and female Lyall's wren, or Stephens Island wren, (Traversia lyalli), a small flightle...

Illustration of the Jamaican poorwill (Siphonorhis americana), also known as the Jamaican pauraque or Jamaican least pauraque, a species of nightjar i...

Illustration of the Norfolk kaka (Nestor productus), an extinct species of large parrot, belonging to the parrot family Nestoridae and the head of Nes...

Illustration of the broad-billed, or raven, parrot (Lophopsittacus mauritianus), a large extinct parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It was endemic to...

1907 illustration by Henrik Gronvold, showing the colouration of the hypothetical species Necropsittacus borbonicus combined with the body-plan of the...

Illustration of the Mascarene parrot, or mascarin, (Mascarinus mascarinus), an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of R...

Illustration of the Jamaican red macaw (Ara gossei), a hypothetical species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that lived on Jamaica. Hypothetical re...

Illustration of the red-headed, or Jamaican green-and-yellow, macaw (Ara erythrocephala), which may have been a species of parrot in the family Psitta...

Illustration of the violet macaw (Anodorhynchus purpurascens, here as Anadorhynchus purpurascens). Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans from 'Extinc...

Illustration of the Martinique, or orange-bellied, macaw (Ara martinicus), a hypothetical extinct species of macaw which may have been endemic to the...

Keulemans' hypothetical 1907 restoration of the red-tailed macaw (Ara erythrura) by Henrik Gronvold. From 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite in one v...

Illustration of the Guadeloupe parakeet (Psittacara labati here as Conurus labati), a hypothetical species of parrot that would have been endemic to G...

Illustration of the Guadeloupe amazon (Amazona violacea) or Guadeloupe parrot, a hypothetical extinct species of parrot that is thought to have been e...

Illustration of the Martinique amazon (Amazona martinicana), a hypothetical extinct species of Caribbean parrot in the family Psittacidae. Speculative...

Illustration of the Seychelles parakeet, or Seychelles Island parrot, (Psittacula wardi syn Palaeornis wardi), an extinct species of parrot that was e...

Norfolk Island pigeon (Hemiphaga spadicea). Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans from 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite in one volume a short acco...

Illustration of the Mauritius blue pigeon (Alectroenas nitidissimus), an extinct species of blue pigeon formerly endemic to the Mascarene island of Ma...

Illustration of the Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, east of Madagas...

Illustration of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus here as Didus cucullatus), an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which i...

Illustration of the Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria, here as Didus solitarius) from a picture supposed to be taken from a living specimen in...

Illustration of the Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria, here as Didus solitarius), an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of...

Hawaiian rail and Tahiti rail, illustration. 1. The Tahiti rail, Tahitian red-billed rail, or Pacific red-billed rail (Hypotaenidia pacifica). 2. The...

Illustration of Dieffenbach's rail (Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii, here as Nesolimnas dieffenbachi). From 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite in one volu...

Extinct birds, illustration. Seen are 1. Chatham rail (Cabalus modestus), an extinct flightless species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was endemic...

Illustration of the red rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia), an extinct species of flightless rail. It was endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius, east...

Illustration of the Rodrigues rail (Erythromachus leguati), also known as Leguat's gelinote or Leguat's rail, an extinct species of the rail family th...

Illustration of the six-foot-tall Mauritian super-rail (Leguatia gigantea) by Frederick William Frohawk. From 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite in o...

Illustration of the Reunion swamphen (Porphyrio caerulescens syn Apterornis coerulescens), also known as the Reunion gallinule, a hypothetical extinct...

Illustration of the white swamphen (Porphyrio albus, here as Notornis alba), also known as the Lord Howe swamphen, Lord Howe gallinule or white gallin...

Takahe (Notornis hochstetteri). Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans from 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those...

Illustration of the Christmas sandpiper, or Kiritimati sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata, 1), a small shorebird. It became extinct some time in the fir...

Labrador duck (Camptolaimus labradorius). Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans from 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite in one volume a short accoun...

Illustration of the Black-capped, or Jamaican, petrel (Aestrelata caribbaea) by Henrik Gronvold. From 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite in one volum...

Illustration of the great auk (Pinguinus impennis, here as Alca impennis), a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century....

Illustration of the spectacled, or Pallas's, cormorant (Urile perspicillatus, here as Carbo perspicillatus), an extinct marine bird of the cormorant f...

Illustration of the King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor, here as Dromaius peroni), an extinct subspecies of emu that was endemic to King I...

Illustration of the upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus, here as megalapteryx huttoni) by George Edward Lodge. From 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite i...

Illustration of the giant moa (Dinornis Ingens), an extinct genus of birds belonging to the moa family. As with other moa, it was a member of the orde...

Page from the Aleppo Codex. The Aleppo Codex (Crown of Aleppo) is a medieval bound manuscript of the Hebrew Bible. The codex was written in the city o...

Illustration of the Presentation of Ani to Osiris from 'Myths and legends: ancient Egypt by Lewis Spence (1910).

Pylon, Karnak, Egypt. A pylon is a monumental gate of an Egyptian temple. From 'Myths and legends: ancient Egypt by Lewis Spence (1910).

Statue of Osiris the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was c...

Illustration of the Departure of Isis from Byblos by Evelyn Paul. From 'Myths and legends: ancient Egypt by Lewis Spence (1910).

Shrine to Osiris from the 12th Dynasty. Osiris is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in an...