Scientific Illustration

Magpie skull.

Black and white.
6 x 4 inches.
Indian ink pen on watercolour paper.

Thanks for the submission Natalie!

Magpie and Jay by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

The birds of the British Isles and their eggs..
London ;F. Warne,1919..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7583176

pollyfern:

Been printing off little copies of the paintings I have completed over the summer. Not original sizes! The barn owl is much bigger and moths smaller. First day of university tomorrow!! #art #illustration #animals #birds #finches #woodpeckers #owl #barnowl #rabbit #magpie #hedgehog #moths #painting #drawing #watercolour #mushrooms #toadstools (Taken with Instagram)

compendium-of-beasts:

Group of Crows (1895)

via NYPL

Magpie By Fox Rogers on Tumblr.

Thanks for this submission too!

pirateoctopus:

Pica pica (magpie) (Taken with instagram)

thebirdsofamerica:

John Audubon’s magpies, plate 362

(via dendroica)

n36_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

The Magpie

A natural history of British birds
London :Printed for S. Hooper,1775.
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108809

n17_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Magpie

Familiar wild birds. v.1.
London ; New York :Cassell,1883.
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77239

rhamphotheca:

Bird Illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes:  Black-billed and Yellow-billed Magpies (1914)

(via: National Geo)