Happy #Feathursday! Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) from “Johann Lathams allgemeine Uebersicht der Vögel” Bd.4:t.1 (1811). German translation by Johann Matthäus Bechstein of John Latham’s “A General Synopsis of Birds.” Digitized for #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @natural_history_museum Library: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54265874
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Newfoundlands (Canis lupus familiaris) for #WetnoseWednesday! With their webbed feet and water resistant outer coat, Newfs are strong working dogs bred for helping in the fishing industry, and they are also used for water rescues. #SciArt by Louis Agassiz Fuertes for Ernest Harold Baynes and Fuertes’ Book of Dogs: an intimate study of mankind’s best friend (c1919). Contributed for digitization by Smithsonian Libraries (@silibraries) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14994731 _________________________________________________ #Newfoundlands #Newfs #Dogs #Pets #Newfoundland #WorkingDogs #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #SmithsonianLibraries
Sunburst star turban (Astraea heliotropium) for #MolluskMonday! #SciArt from Bibliothèque Conchyliologique, Vol. 2 (1845) by Thomas Martyn, et al. Contributed for digitization by Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, @harvard to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12109134 _________________________________________________ #SunburstStarTurban #Shells #Mollusks #Molluscs #Mollusca #New Zealand #StarTrochus #Seashells #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #MCZ
#Hummingbirds for #Feathursday! At an average weight of 2.2 g, the bumblebee hummingbird (Atthis heloisa) is one of the smallest birds in the world. Endemic to the Americas, it is predominantly found in #Mexico, but vagrant specimens have been found in the southwestern United States.
#SciArt by Marco Antonio Pineda Maldonado for “Colibríes de México y Norteamérica” (2014) by María del Coro Arizmendi Arriaga and Humberto Berlanga. Digitized in the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by CONABIO under CC-BY-NC-SA: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49524501 ———————————— #BHLib #BHL #birds #bird #hummingbird #biodiversity #naturalhistory #CONABIO #BHLMEXICO #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries
Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) from the first published book on the birds of Singapore: “The Birds of Singapore Island” (1927), co-authored by John Alexander Strachey Bucknill and Frederick Nutter Chasen. #SciArt by Gerald Aylmer Levett-Yeats. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @nlbsg: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47191465. ————————————- #bhlib #bhl #naturalhistory #birds #bird #ornithology #singapore #NLB #NationalLibraryBoardSingapore #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries
Happy #FungiFriday! Phellinus nigricans. #SciArt by Émile Boudier for his Icones mycologicæ, ou Iconographie des champignons de France principalement Discomycetes, v. 1 (1905-10). Contributed for digitization by University Library, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (@uillinoislibrary) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33662193 _________________________________________________ #Fungi #Fungus #Mycology #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #UIUC
This King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is ready for takeoff on this #Feathursday! #SciArt by Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert for Richard Lydekker, Wild Life of the World, Vol. 2 (1916). Contributed for digitization by the Gerstein Science Information Centre (@gersteinlibrary), University of Toronto Libraries (@uoftlibraries) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21739111 _________________________________________________ #KingVulture #Vultures #Birds #Ornithology #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #UniversityofToronto #UofTLibraries #UofT
Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) and European squid (Loligo vulgaris) for #CephalopodAwarenessDays! #Cuttlefish have excellent camouflage. They can change their coloring rapidly to match their environment. European #Squid live from sea level to depths of 500 m. They migrate to inshore waters to spawn, where females can lay up to 20,000 eggs. #SciArt from Tintenfische; mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Sepia und Octopus (1913) by Werner Meyer. Contributed for digitization by Smithsonian Libraries (@silibraries) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12668599 _________________________________________________ #Cephalopods #MarineLife #Oceans #Seas #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #SmithsonianLibraries