Description
original hand-colour lithograph RARE ornithological print from “The Ornithological Works”, Pl. 24. This rare book contains beautiful and large plate illustrations of the most exotic birds of the Philippine Islands.
![1) Merops Bicolor [Rufous-crowned Bee-eater]; 2) Merops Sumatranus [Blue-throated Bee-eater]](https://galleryofprints.shop/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/JO62629-Tweeddale-1881-Merops-Bicolor.webp)
1) Merops Bicolor [Rufous-crowned Bee-eater]; 2) Merops Sumatranus [Blue-throated Bee-eater]
Condition
with paper loss and burn marks along margins, not affecting plate, with slight smudges and light stains.
![Halcyon lindsayi lindsayi [Lindsay's Kingfisher] (upper) male (lower) female](https://galleryofprints.shop/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JO57410-Hachisuka-1934-Halcyon-lindsayi-lindsayi-600x750.webp)
![Halcyon hombroni [Hombron's Kingfisher, male]](https://galleryofprints.shop/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/JO-57411-Hachisuka-1934-Halcyon-hombroni-600x750.webp)