Dictionary Collection (#100)

Painted coral snake and Egyptian cobra
Painted coral snake, Micrurus corallinus (Elaps corallinus), and Egyptian cobra, Naja haje. Handcolored engraving by Forget after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Brown sand boa and boa constrictor
Brown sand boa, Eryx johnii (Eryx duvaucelii), and Boa constrictor. Handcolored engraving by Goulu after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Coral cylinder snake and common slug eater
Coral cylinder snake, Anilius scytale (Tortrix scytale), and common slug eater, Duberria lutrix (Homalosoma arctiventris)

Black and white worm lizard, blind snake
Black-and-white worm lizard, Amphisbaena fuliginosa, earthworm blind snake, Typhlops lumbricalis, large shieldtail snake, Pseudotyphlops philippinus (Uropeltis philippinus)

Ocellated (bronze) skink and European glass lizard
Ocellated (bronze) skink, Chalcides ocellatus, and European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus. Handcolored engraving by Corbie after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Common green iguana and green lizard
Common green iguana, Iguana iguana, and Iguana tuberculata, European green lizard, Lacerta viridis. Handcolored engraving by Goulu after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Furcifer bifidus chameleon and water monitor lizard
Furcifer bifidus chameleon, native of Madagascar, and water monitor lizard, Varanus bivittatus. Handcolored engraving by Forget after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle and endangered
Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera, and endangered green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Handcolored engraving by Oudet after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise and Japanese pond turtle
Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca, vulnerable, and Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica, near threatened

Siberian rubythroat and black-eared wheatear morph
Siberian rubythroat, Luscinia calliope, and black-eared wheatear morph, Oenanthe hispanica stapazina. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d

Western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava, and northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

European roller, Coracias garrulus, and rosy starling, Pastor roseus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

New Zealand tui bird, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, and European bee eater, Merops apiaster. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris, and rufous-tailed rock-thrush, Monticola saxatilis. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Egyptian plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, and Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres, and Eurasian stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus. Handcoloured engraving by the widow Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus. Handcoloured engraving by Clerge and Lalaisse after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Southern rockhopper penguin and wandering albatross
Southern rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome (vulnerable), and wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (vulnerable). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies

Blue tit, Parus coeruleus, and flamboyant
Blue titmouse, Parus coeruleus, and flamboyant tanager, Ramphocelus ignescens. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus, and Regent bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

White-bellied drongo, Dicrurus caerulescens. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Purple-breasted cotinga and Guianan red cotinga
Purple-breasted cotinga, Cotinga cotinga, and Guianan red cotinga, Phoenicircus carnifex. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Golden monarch, Monarcha chrysomela, and Sunda minivet, Pericrocotus miniatus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Barn owl, Tyto alba, and European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus. Also known as Tengmalms owl and Richardsons owl. Handcoloured engraving by Baudran after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Cinereous harrier, Circus cinereus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

European honey buzzard, Pernis apivorus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca. Vulnerable. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

King vulture, Sarcoramphus papa. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus, and Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo. Handcoloured engraving by Pardinel after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, and black skimmer, Rynchops niger. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata, and Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus (vulnerable). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Human musculature and internal organs. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Martin St. Ange from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Baillons crake, Porzana pusilla, and great northern loon, Gavia immer. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Pheasant-tailed jacana and horned screamer
Pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus, and horned screamer, Anhima cornuta. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, and ruff, Philomachus pugnax. Handcoloured engraving by widow Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Purple heron, Ardea purpurea. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Madagascan crested ibis and grey crowned crane (endangered)
Madagascan crested ibis, Lophotibis cristata (near threatened) and grey crowned crane, Balearica regulorum (endangered). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies

Fossil teeth, skull and jaw of the extinct Deinotherium giganteum. Engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Fossil skull of extinct Palaeotherium crassum. Engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History)

Fossil fish, Acanthonemus filamentosus
Fossil of extinct ray-finned fish, Acanthonemus filamentosus and Semiophorus velifer. Engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

Fossil skeleton of an extinct species of kingfisher. Engraving after an illustration by P. Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History)

Skeleton of an extinct great American mastodon, Mastodon gigantium. Engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849

Skeleton of a megatherium, extinct giant ground sloth, and reconstruction of the animal. Engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, being hunted by whalers with harpoons. Engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

Rorqual or fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus. Endangered. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

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