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Different Non-european songbirds illustration 1897

Different birds
Original edition from my own archives
Source : "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon" 1897
Non-European songbirds: 1) Waxbill (Habropyga astrild, or Estrilda astrild); 2) Black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes, or Habropyga cinerea); 3) Red avadavat (Amandava amandava, or Pytelia amandava); 4) Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata, or Zonaeginthus castanotis); 5) Cut-throat finch (Amadina fasciata, or Spermestes fasciata); 6) Bronze mannikin (Lonchura cucullata, or Spermestes cucullata); 7) Black-headed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus, or Hyphantornis melanocephalus); 8) Long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea); 9) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora, or Padda oryzivora); 10) Brazilian tanager (Ramphocelus bresilius, or Ramphocelus brasiliensis); 11) Red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea, or Leiothrix luteus); 12) Red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana); 13) Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis, or Cardinalis virginianus)

© Ralf Hettler

Tree sparrow, Passer montanus, and village

Tree sparrow, Passer montanus, and village weaver, Ploceus cucullatus. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne), Buffelsdoorn Estate, Klerksdorp, South Africa

A male Long-tailed Widowbird in breeding plumage, perched on a branch. The feathers are almost entirely black with orange and white shoulders, or epaulets. The bird's exceptionally long tail, which can measure up to 50 cm, is only present during the breeding season. Birds of the Weaver family, such as the Long-tailed Widowbird, are noted for their elaborate nest-building techniques using grass stems and other plant fibres. Collected by Mr W.H. Oliver in 1907

© RIC, photographer Mike Searle