{title}
{body}

resultFull

57 Objekte
Rudolf Steiner Schule: Oberstufe
biologie
Alle Filter entfernen
15700 Objekte
Aktualisierung ein
(RM) 609546558
ABYSSINIAN HORNBILL, WHITE-NECKED CROW, AND SMALL HORNBILL, ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, REGENT’S PARK, 1865. CREATOR: DALZIEL BROTHERS.
Abyssinian Hornbill, White-Necked Crow, and Small Hornbill, Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1865. African birds. 'The large, gaunt-looking bird, [foreground], and companions of which are seen in various positions on the rocks behind and in the air above, is one of the strange family of hornbills - the Bucerotidae of naturalists. Departing widely from the usual habits of his congeners, which are generally forest-lovers and fruit-eaters, the ground hornbill, as its name indicates, inhabits the open districts of inner Africa, and lives on insects and reptiles...The example in the...Society's possession may be generally seen either stalking about on the floor or perched upon the summit of a tree in the roomy aviary in which he is kept...The figure on the tree in the right-hand corner is that of a small and very elegant member of the same group of birds - the red-billed hornbill (Toccus erythrorhynchus). This is a native of Western Africa, where it resorts to the forests, and lives probably altogether on fruit...The white-usped crow (Corvus albicollis), which is shown perched on the trunk of the tree...[is] a scarce bird in captivity; the present specimen...being believed to be the first example of this bird ever brought alive to this country'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Abyssinian Hornbill, White-Necked Crow, and Small Hornbill, Zoological Society, Regent’s Park, 1865. Creator: Dalziel Brothers. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609485515
RARE BIRDS FROM NAVIGATORS’ ISLANDS: THE DIDUNCULUS STRIGIROSTRIS, 1864. CREATOR: PEARSON.
Rare birds From Navigators' Islands: the Didunculus strigirostris or tooth-billed pigeon, 1864. Engraving from a drawing by E. Thomas. 'A notice of this singular bird, which had been considered nearly extinct, will, no doubt, be of interest to ornithologists...The didunculus has a very limited range of habitation. It has only been found in the Samoan or Navigators' Islands. It received the generic name of didunculus, or Little Dodo, from its resemblance to that celebrated extinct bird the Dodo, like which, the didunculus combines in its form the character of a rapacious bird with that of the harmless pigeon. In the contour of the bill, the form and position of the nostrils, and several other characteristics, the didunculus differs from any other living species at present known; and although a small bird in size, it approximates the nearest in all its characters to the gigantic dodo...It is named by the natives of the Navigators' Islands Manu Mea, or Red Bird, the predominant colour of its plumage being chocolate red...When any person approached their cage the birds uttered a deep guttural growl, frequently repeated, and often followed by a vibration of the whole body, from the head to the tail, with a plaintive note of ''Yoo, yoo, yoo." From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Rare birds From Navigators’ Islands: the Didunculus strigirostris, 1864. Creator: Pearson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
von 246
Alt Text

Instruktionen