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Birds of Brazil and Mexico
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Birds of Brazil and Mexico
78 cards · Artist William Swainson
Before lithography a naturalist drew his bird and then handed the drawing to a professional engraver, who cut it into copper. What reached the page was the engraver's reading of it. Lithography let the artist work straight onto the stone instead, and William Swainson was the first naturalist to do it, beginning with Zoological Illustrations in 1820. The line on these plates is his own.
The stones printed in black. Colour went on afterwards by hand, one copy at a time as orders came in, worked against pattern plates Swainson painted himself so the colourists had something to match. It is careful work, but it is still handwork, which means no two copies of the book are quite alike.
He was also certain that nature was built in fives. The quinarian system held that every natural group divided into exactly five subgroups, which arranged themselves in circles touching their neighbours, and Swainson went on defending it long after the rest of the field had let it go. He was mocked for it. In 1,841, the year these plates were published, he left Britain for New Zealand.
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By Rarity
Common ( 33 )
- ◻ 11 Sharp-tailed Wren
- ◻ 12 Striped Puff Bird
- ◻ 14 Red-breasted Puff Bird
- ◻ 15 Swallow Puff Bird
- ◻ 23 Blue-backed Manakin
- ◻ 24 Greater Crimson-rumped Cassican
- ◻ 25 Long-tailed Manakin
- ◻ 26 White-eyebrowed Flycatcher
- ◻ 27 Great-headed Flycatcher
- ◻ 28 Round-winged Flycatcher
- ◻ 29 Straw-crested Flycatcher
- ◻ 30 Little Tyrant-flycatcher
- ◻ 31 Royal Tody
- ◻ 33 Crested Rufous Flycatcher
- ◻ 34 Short-footed Flycatcher
- ◻ 35 Yellow-backed Cassican
- ◻ 36 Knob-fronted Wren
- ◻ 37 Knob-fronted Wren, female
- ◻ 38 Red-breast Wren
- ◻ 39 Brazilian Shrike
- ◻ 42 Green-breasted Trogon, male
- ◻ 44 Purple-breasted Trogon, male
- ◻ 46 Black Cassican
- ◻ 49 Rufous-crowned Flatbill, male
- ◻ 50 Rufous-crowned Flatbill, female
- ◻ 51 Sooty Flycatcher
- ◻ 52 Black-tailed Flycatcher
- ◻ 53 Yellow-tailed Flycatcher
- ◻ 69 Tropical Wren
- ◻ 70 Red-breasted Wren
- ◻ 71 Bar-throated Wren
- ◻ 72 Long-billed Wren
- ◻ 73 Black-masked Tanager
Uncommon ( 25 )
- ◻ 1 Helmet Manakin
- ◻ 2 Short-tailed Manakin
- ◻ 3 Striped Manakin
- ◻ 4 Bearded Manakin
- ◻ 9 Black-backed Tanager
- ◻ 13 Crimson-rumped Oriole
- ◻ 16 Blue-shouldered Tanager
- ◻ 17 Olive-grey Tanager
- ◻ 18 Bishop Tanager
- ◻ 19 Olive-flanked Tanager
- ◻ 20 Blue-grey Tanager
- ◻ 21 Yellow-shouldered Tanager
- ◻ 22 Black-backed Tanager
- ◻ 40 Cinereous Bush-shrike
- ◻ 41 Red-eyed Shrike
- ◻ 47 Red-backed Bush-shrike, male
- ◻ 48 Red-backed Bush-shrike, female
- ◻ 54 Pimple-faced Oriole
- ◻ 62 Citron-headed Tanager
- ◻ 63 Chestnut-capped Tanager
- ◻ 64 Blue-winged Tanager
- ◻ 65 Long-billed Puff-bird
- ◻ 66 White-eared Puff-bird
- ◻ 67 Spotted Puff-bird
- ◻ 75 Crimson Tanager, female
Rare ( 12 )
- ◻ 5 Hummingbird
- ◻ 6 Mango Hummingbird
- ◻ 7 Violet-eared Hummingbird
- ◻ 8 Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
- ◻ 10 Great Crested Cassican
- ◻ 56 Mexican Amethyst Hummingbird
- ◻ 58 Green-tailed Hummingbird
- ◻ 59 Sapphire-crowned Hummingbird
- ◻ 60 Mexican Star Hummingbird
- ◻ 61 Pigmy Hummingbird
- ◻ 68 White-bearded Puff-bird
- ◻ 77 Green and Blue Crested Hummingbird
Very Rare ( 6 )
- ◻ 43 Green-breasted Trogon
- ◻ 45 Purple-breasted Trogon, female
- ◻ 57 Blue-headed Tanager
- ◻ 74 Crimson Tanager
- ◻ 76 Maroon Tanager
- ◻ 78 Delalande's Hummingbird
Xtra Rare ( 2 )
- ◻ 32 Royal Tody
- ◻ 55 Mexican Imperial Eagle
By Card Number ( 78 cards )
- ◻ 1 Helmet Manakin
- ◻ 2 Short-tailed Manakin
- ◻ 3 Striped Manakin
- ◻ 4 Bearded Manakin
- ◻ 5 Hummingbird
- ◻ 6 Mango Hummingbird
- ◻ 7 Violet-eared Hummingbird
- ◻ 8 Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
- ◻ 9 Black-backed Tanager
- ◻ 10 Great Crested Cassican
- ◻ 11 Sharp-tailed Wren
- ◻ 12 Striped Puff Bird
- ◻ 13 Crimson-rumped Oriole
- ◻ 14 Red-breasted Puff Bird
- ◻ 15 Swallow Puff Bird
- ◻ 16 Blue-shouldered Tanager
- ◻ 17 Olive-grey Tanager
- ◻ 18 Bishop Tanager
- ◻ 19 Olive-flanked Tanager
- ◻ 20 Blue-grey Tanager
- ◻ 21 Yellow-shouldered Tanager
- ◻ 22 Black-backed Tanager
- ◻ 23 Blue-backed Manakin
- ◻ 24 Greater Crimson-rumped Cassican
- ◻ 25 Long-tailed Manakin
- ◻ 26 White-eyebrowed Flycatcher
- ◻ 27 Great-headed Flycatcher
- ◻ 28 Round-winged Flycatcher
- ◻ 29 Straw-crested Flycatcher
- ◻ 30 Little Tyrant-flycatcher
- ◻ 31 Royal Tody
- ◻ 32 Royal Tody
- ◻ 33 Crested Rufous Flycatcher
- ◻ 34 Short-footed Flycatcher
- ◻ 35 Yellow-backed Cassican
- ◻ 36 Knob-fronted Wren
- ◻ 37 Knob-fronted Wren, female
- ◻ 38 Red-breast Wren
- ◻ 39 Brazilian Shrike
- ◻ 40 Cinereous Bush-shrike
- ◻ 41 Red-eyed Shrike
- ◻ 42 Green-breasted Trogon, male
- ◻ 43 Green-breasted Trogon
- ◻ 44 Purple-breasted Trogon, male
- ◻ 45 Purple-breasted Trogon, female
- ◻ 46 Black Cassican
- ◻ 47 Red-backed Bush-shrike, male
- ◻ 48 Red-backed Bush-shrike, female
- ◻ 49 Rufous-crowned Flatbill, male
- ◻ 50 Rufous-crowned Flatbill, female
- ◻ 51 Sooty Flycatcher
- ◻ 52 Black-tailed Flycatcher
- ◻ 53 Yellow-tailed Flycatcher
- ◻ 54 Pimple-faced Oriole
- ◻ 55 Mexican Imperial Eagle
- ◻ 56 Mexican Amethyst Hummingbird
- ◻ 57 Blue-headed Tanager
- ◻ 58 Green-tailed Hummingbird
- ◻ 59 Sapphire-crowned Hummingbird
- ◻ 60 Mexican Star Hummingbird
- ◻ 61 Pigmy Hummingbird
- ◻ 62 Citron-headed Tanager
- ◻ 63 Chestnut-capped Tanager
- ◻ 64 Blue-winged Tanager
- ◻ 65 Long-billed Puff-bird
- ◻ 66 White-eared Puff-bird
- ◻ 67 Spotted Puff-bird
- ◻ 68 White-bearded Puff-bird
- ◻ 69 Tropical Wren
- ◻ 70 Red-breasted Wren
- ◻ 71 Bar-throated Wren
- ◻ 72 Long-billed Wren
- ◻ 73 Black-masked Tanager
- ◻ 74 Crimson Tanager
- ◻ 75 Crimson Tanager, female
- ◻ 76 Maroon Tanager
- ◻ 77 Green and Blue Crested Hummingbird
- ◻ 78 Delalande's Hummingbird
