Scientific Illustration

The skeleton of a Giant Hummingbird (Trochilus gigas now called Patagona gigas) by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Tagged: Anatomy Birds Bones Smithsonian Institution Libraries Trochilus gigas Patagona gigas hummingbird bird skeleton bird skeleton Giant Hummingbird

Posted on May 12, 2013 with 91 notes

Rynchops niger by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Osteologia avium, or, A sketch of the osteology of birds /.
[Wellington] :Published by R. Hobson, Wellington, Salop,1858-1875..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41399041

Tagged: Anatomy Birds Bones Smithsonian Institution Libraries Rynchops niger bird skeleton skeleton

Posted on May 7, 2013 with 131 notes

Swan skeleton (Cygnus ferus) by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Tagged: Anatomy Birds Bones Smithsonian Institution Libraries swan skeleton

Posted on April 16, 2013 with 148 notes

The skeleton of Rhynchotus perdicarius now called Nothoprocta perdicaria the Chilean Tinamou by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Osteologia avium, or, A sketch of the osteology of birds /.
[Wellington] :Published by R. Hobson, Wellington, Salop,1858-1875..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41399303

Tagged: Anatomy Birds Bones Smithsonian Institution Libraries Rhynchotus perdicarius bird anatomy bird Nothoprocta perdicaria Chilean Tinamou Tinamou

Posted on April 8, 2013 with 184 notes

From Brehms Tierleben by Dr. Pechuel-Loesche (1893)

(via naturalillustrations)

Tagged: bird birds Brehms Tierleben

Posted on April 2, 2013 via Illustrations of the Natural World with 261 notes

Skeleton of the Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Osteologia avium, or, A sketch of the osteology of birds /.
[Wellington] :Published by R. Hobson, Wellington, Salop,1858-1875..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41399181

Tagged: Anatomy Birds Bones Smithsonian Institution Libraries Blue-billed Duck duck skeleton Oxyura australis

Posted on April 2, 2013 with 56 notes

Monographie des picidées, ou Histoire naturelle des picidés, picumninés, yuncinés ou torcols by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Metz,Typ. de J. Verronnais,1861-62..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40019141

Tagged: Birds Picidae Pictorial works Missouri Botanical Garden Peter H. Raven Library

Posted on April 1, 2013 with 49 notes

The Great Blue Heron skeleton (Ardea herodias)_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Osteologia avium, or, A sketch of the osteology of birds /.
[Wellington] :Published by R. Hobson, Wellington, Salop,1858-1875..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41399261

Tagged: Anatomy Birds Bones Smithsonian Institution Libraries Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron heron bird bird anatomy

Posted on March 30, 2013 with 238 notes

Monographie des picidées, ou Histoire naturelle des picidés, picumninés, yuncinés ou torcols by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Metz,Typ. de J. Verronnais,1861-62..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40019237

Tagged: Birds Picidae Pictorial works Missouri Botanical Garden Peter H. Raven Library

Posted on March 29, 2013 with 45 notes

Skeleton of a Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta as Palamedia Cornuta by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_Screamer

Osteologia avium, or, A sketch of the osteology of birds /.
[Wellington] :Published by R. Hobson, Wellington, Salop,1858-1875..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41399357

Tagged: Anatomy Birds Bones Smithsonian Institution Libraries Anhima cornuta Palamedia Cornuta Horned Screamer Skeleton bird bird anatomy

Posted on March 24, 2013 with 98 notes