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The Collection

Birds Volume 1

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Drawing of a Red-and-Green Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: South America. Attributed to Collins, Charles]

Red and blue macaw

Drawing of a Scarlet Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Middle America and South America]

Red and blue macaw

Drawing of a Blue-and-yellow Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Middle America and South America. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Blue and yellow macaw

Drawing of a Great Green Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Middle America and South America. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

The green or Military Macaw

Drawing of a Lesser Antillean Macaw--also known as a Guadeloupe Macaw--from a species that is now extinct [Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Small red and blue macaw

Drawing of a Hispaniolan Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

The Great Green Parroquet

Drawing of a Blue-winged Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: North Western Ghats, India]

Ring-necked or Bengal Parrakeet

Drawing of a male Alexandrine Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Palearctic and the Indo-Malayan Realm. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Great-billed Alexandrine Parrakeet [male]

Drawing of a female Alexandrine Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Palearctic and the Indo-Malayan Realm. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Great-billed Alexandrine Parrakeet [female]

Drawing of a female Ring-necked Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Palearctic, the Indo-Malayan Realm, and the Afrotropics]

The Green Perroquet with Red Beak

Drawing of a Plum-headed parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Indo-Malayan Realm and the Palearctic, Deccan, and Western Ghats. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

The Green Perroquet with Red Beak

Drawing of an Orange-fronted Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Central America and Puerto Rico. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

The Red and Blue Headed Parroquet from the West Indies

Drawing of a pair of Canary-winged parakeets from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics and Brazil. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Canary-winged parakeet

Drawing of a female Red-breasted Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: India and Southeast Asia. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Banded Parrakeet

Drawing of a male Red-breasted Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: India and Southeast Asia]

A Perroquet from Bengal

Drawing of a Sun parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: West-central Guyana, extreme Southeast Venezuela, and Roraima, Brazil]

Drawing of a pair of Red Lories from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: Indonesia]

The Parrot of Borneo

Drawing of a White Eyed Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: South America. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Drawing of a Blue-naped parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Phillipines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Blue-naped parrot

Drawing of a Brown-throated Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Central America, South America, and Antilles. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

St. Thomas’s Conure

Drawing of a pair of Tui Parakeets from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: South America. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Yellow-crowned Amazon

Drawing of a Citron Crested Cockatoo from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Lesser Sumba Islands in Indonesia]

Citron-crested Cockatoo

Drawing of a Greater Sulfur-crested Cockatoo from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Eastern Australia (Cape York to Tasmania). Has been introduced to Indonesia and the Palau Islands. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Great Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Drawing of a Lesser Vasa Parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Madagascar. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Drawing of a Grey Timneh Parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Eastern Guinean forests. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Drawing of a Grey Parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Eastern Guinean forests. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Drawing of a Grey parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Eastern Guinean forests]

Drawing of a possible Dusky Parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographic distribution: Eastern Venezuela and Northern Brazil. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Drawing of a Red-billed Parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

A Parrot from Mexico

Drawing of a White-fronted parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics: Costa Rican moist forests, Central American dry and pine-oak forests, and the Yucatan Peninsula. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

White headed American Parrot

Drawing of a blue-fronted Amazon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics and China]

Blue-fronted Amazon

Drawing of a Red-tailed Parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: South Eastern Brazil. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

The Brazilian Parrot

Drawing of a Blue-fronted Amazon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics and China. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Drawing of a female Yellow-lored Amazong from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Yucatan Peninsula. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Drawing of a Blue-fronted Amazong from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics and China. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Blue-fronted Amazon

Drawing of a Blue-fronted Amazong from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics and China. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Parrot of St. Thomas

Drawing of a Yellow Headed Parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics and the Bahamian mangroves. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

The Great Yellow headed Parrot

Drawing of a Brown-throated Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Central America, South America, and Antilles. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

The Brown breasted Parrot

Drawing of a female Sun Conure from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics and Brazil. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

The yellow headed Parrot

Drawing of a Hawk headed parrot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics and Guyanan Highland moist forests. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

Drawing of a Maroon-tailed Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Neotropics, Peru, and Brazil. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]

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