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J Smit Collection

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Superb lyrebird, 19th century illustration

Superb lyrebird, 19th century illustration
Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae here as Menura superba), an Australian songbird, one of two species from the family Menuridae

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Elliot's bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration

Elliot's bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration
Elliot's bird-of-paradise (Epimachus ellioti), a bird in the family Paradisaeidae that is presumed to be an intergeneric hybrid between a black sicklebill and Arfak astrapia

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Kiwi, 19th century illustration

Kiwi, 19th century illustration
Southern brown kiwi, tokoeka, or common kiwi (Apteryx australis), a species of kiwi from New Zealand's South Island

Background imageJ Smit Collection: King bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration

King bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration
King bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius), a passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise) family. It is the only member of the genus Cicinnurus

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Great auk, 19th century illustration

Great auk, 19th century illustration
Great auk (Pinguinus impennis), a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Wilson's bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration

Wilson's bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration
Wilson's bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus respublica, here as Diphyllodes respublica), a species of passerine bird of the family Paradisaeidae

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Ruff, 19th century illustration

Ruff, 19th century illustration
Ruff (Calidris pugnax, here as Machetes pugnax), a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia

Background imageJ Smit Collection: California condor, 19th century illustration

California condor, 19th century illustration
California condor (Gymnogyps californianus, here as Pseudogryphus californianus), a New World vulture and the largest North American land bird

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Arfak astrapia, 19th century illustration

Arfak astrapia, 19th century illustration
Arfak astrapia (Astrapia nigra), a species of astrapia, a group of birds found in the Paradiseidae family of the birds-of-paradise

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Labrador duck, 19th century illustration

Labrador duck, 19th century illustration
Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius), a striking black and white eider-like sea duck that was never known to be common

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Magnificent bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration

Magnificent bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration
Sickle-billed bird-of-paradise, or magnificent bird-of-paradise (Epimachus speciosus), tinted lithograph

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Superb bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration

Superb bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration
Superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina atra) tinted lithograph. Illustrated by Joseph Smit, from the book The beautiful and curious birds of the world by Charles Barney Cory (1883)

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Red bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration

Red bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration
Red bird-of-paradise (Paradisea sanguinea), tinted lithograph. Illustrated by Joseph Smit, from the book The beautiful and curious birds of the world by Charles Barney Cory (1883)

Background imageJ Smit Collection: Greater bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration

Greater bird-of-paradise, 19th century illustration
Greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda), a bird-of-paradise in the genus Paradisaea


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