Australian Emu, Bustard, Stone Curlew, NZ Apteryx Kiwi, c1885

by Lowry, Joseph Wilson

NZ Apteryx Australis (Kiwi), Australian Emu, Bustard, Stone Curlew - birds full of character...

Hand-coloured engraving by J.W. Lowry for the Museum of Natural History by William Dallas, published c1860.

Fine hand-coloured Antique Print of Birds. Order: Cursores Grallae. Genera Dromaius, Atperyx, Otis, Oedienemus. Families: Struthionidae, Apterydridae, Otididae, Charadriidae - Dromaius. Novae-Hollandiae - Emeu (Emu).  Apteryx Australis - Shaw's Apteryx (New Zealand Kiwi).  Otis Tarda - Great Bustard.  Oedienemus Crepitans - Common Thick-Knee (Stone Curlew).

Original hand-coloured engraving by J. W. Lowry for The Museum of Natural History by William Dallas, published circa 1850-1860 by William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London & New-York. This is a wonderful selection of distinctively Australasian birds. Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803-1879) was an English engraver and the son of engraver Wilson Lowry.

This page has a few tiny foxing spots and extremity age-discolouration. Page size 265 x 185mm (10.5 x 7.25 inches)