EditorialPardalotus luctuosus, Print, Pardalote, Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. This family is composed of four species in o...
EditorialPelecanus trachyrhynchos, Print, Pelican, Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up conten...
EditorialChrysops, Print, Deer flies are bloodsucking insects considered pests to humans and cattle. They are large flies with large brightly-coloured compound eyes, and large clear wings with dark bands. They are larger than the common housefly and smaller tha...
EditorialPitta concinna, Print, Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds found in Asia, Australasia and Africa. There are thought to be 40 to 42 species of pittas, all similar in general appearance and habits. The pittas are Old World suboscines, and t...
EditorialLaniarius cubla, Print, Laniarius is a genus of brightly coloured, carnivorous passerine birds commonly known as boubous or gonoleks. Not to be confused with the similar-sounding genus Lanius, they were formerly classed with the true shrikes in the fam...
EditorialPitta coronata, Print, Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds found in Asia, Australasia and Africa. There are thought to be 40 to 42 species of pittas, all similar in general appearance and habits. The pittas are Old World suboscines, and t...
EditorialTridacna elongata, Print, Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4 to 6 folds. The mantle is brightly coloured. They inhabit shallow water...
EditorialPitta forsteni, Print, Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds found in Asia, Australasia and Africa. There are thought to be 40 to 42 species of pittas, all similar in general appearance and habits. The pittas are Old World suboscines, and t...
EditorialPardalotus, Print, Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. This family is composed of four species in one genus, Pardalotus,...
EditorialFringilla coelebs, Print, The common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), usually known simply as the chaffinch, is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. ...
EditorialMalurus leucopterus, Print, The white-winged fairywren (Malurus leucopterus) is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It lives in the drier parts of Central Australia; from central Queensland and South Australia across...
EditorialPelecanus fuscus, Print, Pelican, Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents befor...
EditorialPardalotus rubricatus, Print, The red-browed pardalote (Pardalotus rubricatus) is a small brightly coloured insectivorous passerine, endemic to Australia (Schodde & Mason 1999). A gleaning specialist, they forage primarily in eucalypt trees (Woinar...
EditorialPelecanus fuscus, Print, Pelican, Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents befor...
EditorialPavo cristatus, Print, The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus), a large and brightly coloured bird, is a species of peafowl native to the Indian subcontinent, but introduced in many other parts of the world., 1700-1880.
EditorialZygaena, Print, Zygaena is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae. These brightly coloured, day-flying moths are native to the West Palearctic.
EditorialPurgatorio: A group of crowned elders in brightly-coloured garments process past them; four horsemen on winged beasts ride by. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Ege...
EditorialPurgatorio: A group of crowned elders in brightly-coloured garments process past them; four horsemen on winged beasts ride by. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Ege...
EditorialThe reception of the "Ah-Haussoo-Noh-Beh", or Queen's Mouths". Groups of people gathered under a brightly coloured canopy and parasols. Dahomey and the Dahomans: being the journals of two missions to the King of Dahomey. London, 1851. Source: 10097.d.21.
EditorialIllustration of faceless figure in native dressIllustration of woman in brightly coloured native dress, A native islander or inhabitant of a country probably New Zealand, reached on the voyage of explorer Captain Cook.
EditorialIllustration of four seated figures playing musical instruments. Illustration of woman in brightly coloured native dress, A native islander or inhabitant of a country probably New Zealand, reached on the voyage of explorer Captain Cook.
EditorialIllustration of woman in brightly coloured native dress, A native islander or inhabitant of a country probably New Zealand, reached on the voyage of explorer Captain Cook.
EditorialOsakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showingthe city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615),Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 2 - Two ladies in brightly coloured ...