Anthus Gallery

White wagtail, Motacilla alba, and tree pipit

White wagtail, Motacilla alba, and tree pipit, Anthus trivialis. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Madame Rebel, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

Birds - Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis

Vintage colour engraving of a tree pipit, Anthus trivialis, is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and temperate western and central Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa and southern Asia. History of British Birds, F O Morris, 1853

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AUDUBON: PIPIT. A young American Pipit (Anthus rubescens), formerly included in

AUDUBON: PIPIT.
A young American Pipit (Anthus rubescens), formerly included in the same species as the Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta). Engraving after John James Audubon for his Birds of America, 1827-38

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