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statement of responsibility: By John Gould Plates, with preface, introduction, and accompanying letterpress Originally issued in parts action: extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX
A bird that is naturally white, such as a swan, goose, or egret, is not an albino, nor is a bird that has seasonally alternating white plumage. [17] Four degrees of albinism have been described. The most common form is termed partial albinism, in which local areas of the bird's body, such as certain feathers, are lacking the pigment melanin ...
The train feathers and the tarsal spur of the male starts developing only in the second year of its life. The trains are not fully developed until the age of four. [17] The train feathers of the male Indian peafowl are also moulted every year, usually starting at the end of the monsoon in August or September and are fully developed by February ...
A common bird in winter and spring, this bird frequents the grey water at several familiar locations. It is a unique bird, covered in black feathers that reflect blue, green, and purple when approached close. The bill of this bird is curved downwards. African sacred ibis: Threskiornis aethiopicus: A: Least concern: Vagrant: Eurasian spoonbill ...
One study of Anna's hummingbirds found that dietary protein was an influential factor in feather color, as birds receiving more protein grew significantly more colorful crown feathers than those fed a low-protein diet. [71] Additionally, birds on a high-protein diet grew yellower (higher hue) green tail feathers than birds on a low-protein diet ...
The Floating Feather is the commonly used name for an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch artist Melchior d'Hondecoeter, properly titled A Pelican and Other Birds Near a Pool. The fine detail of the feather floating on the pond led to the "official" title being quickly supplanted.
Antique Tian-tsui (Kingfisher feather) hair pins. 19th century. Chinese Qing kingfisher feather tiara, circa 1851-1861AD. Tian-tsui (Chinese traditional: 點翠, Chinese simplified: 点翠, pinyin: diǎncuì, "dotting with kingfishers") is a style of Chinese art featuring kingfisher feathers. For 2,000 years, the Chinese have been using the ...
Bird-and-flower painting by Cai Han and Jin Xiaozhu, c. 17th century.. The huaniaohua is proper of 10th century China; and the most representative artists of this period are Huang Quan (哳㥳) (c. 900 – 965), who was an imperial painter for many years, and Xu Xi (徐熙) (937–975), who came from a prominent family but had never entered into officialdom.