'The Crested Goatsucker' mb-artist William_Home_Lizars with a curtain or drape

with a curtain or drape behind

Coluber Vertebralia

Woman stands by a 1907/8 30/40 hp Daimler

Interior of a Small Vihara'

'The Crested Goatsucker' mb-artist William_Home_Lizars with a curtain or drapeOrnithological study of an Australian Owlet nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) a nocturnal bird native to Australia. Plate 29 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'The birds of this genus are remarkable for the excessive wideness of the mouth They feed on insects, particularly on beetles.' The plate is inscribed: 'S. Stone Delin. The Crested Goatsucker. London Published