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A grey-head parakeet. Coloured etching.

Four types of bird of paradise. Coloured etching.

A bird, possibly a tropical kingfisher. Coloured etching by R. N.

A scarlet macaw (Arara macao). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

A kakapo or owl parrot on a branch. Wood engraving by W. & S. Ltd.

A long-tailed bird: the violaceous jay (Corvus violaceus). Etching by Noble after C. R. Ryley.

Two crested types of crane: the Balearic and Numidian. Etching by J. Pass.

Birds and animals in a neo-classical garden: ape, cassowary, pheasant, ostrich, swallow, peacocks and peahens. Etching by J. Griffier, ca. 1655, after F. Barlow.

A bird, possibly a bee-eater (Merops apiaster). Coloured etching.

A bustard, peacock and peahen, stock dove and squirrel in the grounds of a large house. Etching by F. Place after F. Barlow.

A kea or mountain parrot on a perch. Wood engraving by W. & S. Ltd.

A bird: a Cape coly. Etching by Griffith.

An extinct parrot, Ara gossei, perched on a branch. Colour halftone after J. Smit.

A crimson topaz bird (Topaza pella). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

A man in China carrying three exotic birds on a a pole and in a cage. Watercolour.

Two male great birds of paradaise (Paradisea apoda) displaying to a female bird. Reproduction of a painting.

A common tropic bird. Etching with engraving.

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Exotic birds

Images from the collections

Images about Exotic birds

Works from the collections

An extinct parrot, Ara gossei, perched on a branch. Colour halftone after J. Smit.

A crimson topaz bird (Topaza pella). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

A man in China carrying three exotic birds on a a pole and in a cage. Watercolour.

Two male great birds of paradaise (Paradisea apoda) displaying to a female bird. Reproduction of a painting.

A common tropic bird. Etching with engraving.

Exotic birds

Images from the collections

Images about Exotic birds

Works from the collections

An extinct parrot, Ara gossei, perched on a branch. Colour halftone after J. Smit.

A crimson topaz bird (Topaza pella). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

A man in China carrying three exotic birds on a a pole and in a cage. Watercolour.

Two male great birds of paradaise (Paradisea apoda) displaying to a female bird. Reproduction of a painting.

A common tropic bird. Etching with engraving.

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