uwmspeccoll: “ librarycompany: “ Oh look! It is the Bird of Paradise, and there he goes. This illustration from our copy of Indian Zoology shows the bird of paradise with something more like a cape than wings, a rather stout body, and long tail...

uwmspeccoll:

librarycompany:

Oh look! It is the Bird of Paradise, and there he goes. 

This illustration from our copy of Indian Zoology shows the bird of paradise with something more like a cape than wings, a rather stout body, and long tail feathers. The text reads, “Sir Joseph Banks did me the favor of communicating the drawing of the common Bird of Paradise, brought  alive to England, drawn from the life.” However, maybe he’s just a penguin that really wanted to fly, so he attached a lot of extra feathers to himself… 

Pennant, Thomas. Indian Zoology.  2nd ed. London : printed by Henry Hughs, for Robert Faulder, 1790 [1791].

Our #Feathursday Bluebird from @ostdrossel was followed soon after by this animated, penguin-like Bird of Paradise superhero from our colleagues @librarycompany.

(via heaveninawildflower)

Jan 18, 2018
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