Scientific Illustration

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

skullandbone:

lizard skeleton drawing by sannastar on Flickr.

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

mossofthewoods:

Liz Bradford

Swan skeleton (Cygnus ferus) by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

“Entire skeleton of condor, showing the relative positions of the chief bones.” 

J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., LL.D. Outlines of Zoology (New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1916)

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

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

Common Peafowl

Thanks for the submission by-owl-light

Phaethon aethereus - The Red-billed Tropicbird 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/41399365