Title

Recent additions to the Zoological Society’s Collection, Regent’s Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson.

Caption

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The American cuckoo (Guvia piririgua) is of very lively and peculiar habits, and may be seen continually running about - for it is essentially a terrestrial bird - with a piece of gravel or stick in its mouth. The tronial (Cacicus persicus) is one of a starling-like group of American birds, remarkable for their ingenuity in weaving long pendent nests...[Specimens from a group of animals]...imported from various parts of the American continent, and the greater part of them represent species which had previously been brought alive to this country.... the society's [collection] of living animals...now embraces upwards of 1700 individuals from all parts of the world'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM24A15_448

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

6,9Mb (705,1Kb) / 5,9in x 4,6in / 1762 x 1378 (300dpi)

Keywords

South America animal wildlife job animals music sound education arts bird birds singing art occupation continent British color zoo songbird london zoo captive New World South American captivity location century Britain profession vocalist singer newspapers press print concept B&W engraved engraving cuckoo Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Zoological Gardens Educational Institution nineteenth century Cuculus canorus The Print Collector Illustrated London News scientific institution Zoological Society birdsong ILN passerine newspaper Pearson Zoological Garden 19th-century weaver bird