#daniel giraud elliot

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Bucorvus cafer (1882) | Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915)

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For #WorldServalDay:

1. Felis Serval, Plate 26 in Daniel Giraud Elliot's A Monograph of the Felidae, London, 1883 (print artist: Joseph Wolf)

2. The Serval, Plate VIII in Joseph Wolf's Zoological Sketches, Vol. 1, London, 1861 (print artists: Joseph Wolf & Joseph Smit)

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Geoffroy's Cat (1883) in Monograph of the Felidae by Daniel Giraud Elliot

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A Pitta Feathursday

Yesterday I visited UW-Madison Special Collections to view some of their extensive natural history materials, including this wonderful folio titled A Monograph of the Pittidae, or, Family of Ant Thrushes by Daniel Giraud Elliot. I looked at the first edition, published in 1863 in New York by D. Appleton & Company. UW-Madison Special Collections has three different editions: 1863, 1867, and 1893-95. The hand-colored lithographs were produced by Bowen & Co. in Philadelphia. Most of the illustrations are by Daniel Giraud Elliot because his artist Paul Ourdart of Paris passed away after only completing three of the plates.

Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915) was an American zoologist and naturalist who had a long and varied career. Elliot was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and helped secure the ornithological collection. He was also one of the founding members of the American Ornithological Society. Elliot used his wealth to produce a large number of luxuriously printed ornithological books with hand-colored lithographs in the style of John James Audubon and John Gould.

Daniel Giraud Elliot wrote the preface of A Monograph of the Pittidae, or, Family of Ant Thrushes:

“The limited knowledge possessed by Ornithologists generally of the family constituting this monograph – the beautiful and varied plumage of the different species, together with a desire to contribute something to a branch of science which is so rapidly increasing in number of its followers, and which related to one of the most pleasing of the Almighty’s creations, are my reasons, if any are needed, for producing this work.”

Nowadays it seems that Pitta (Pittidae) and Ant Thrushes (Formicariidae) are in two distinct families. All the birds were are featuring today are Pittas in the family Pittidae.

From top to bottom, they are:

1-2.) Giant pitta (Hydrornis caeruleus). Here called: Brachyurus {Gigantipitta Bon.} caeruleus. (Young.)

3.) Blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus). Here called: Brachyurus {Gigantipitta Bon.} cyaneus.

4-5.) The Philippine pitta (Erythropitta erythrogaster) or blue-breasted pitta. Here called: Brachyurus {Erythropitta } celebensis.

6.) The Bornean banded pitta (Hydrornis schwaneri). Here called Pitta Schwaneri.

7.) Hooded pitta (Pitta sordida). Here called Brachyurus {Melanopitta} cucullatus.

8.) Giant pitta (Hydrornis caeruleus). Here called: Brachyurus {Gigantipitta Bon.} caeruleus.

9-10.) Graceful pitta (Erythropitta venusta). Here called: Brachyurus Venustus. My favorite because they are sharing a moth snack!

The 1893-1895 edition of  A Monograph of the Pittidae, or, Family of Ant Thrushes is digitized and available to view online through the Biodiversity Heritage Library. 

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–Sarah, Special Collections Senior Graduate Intern

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A new variant has been added!

African Pitta (Pitta angolensis) © Daniel Giraud Elliot

It hatches from beautiful, bold, dark, dense, explosive, facial, green, liquid, long, migratory, motionless, red, shy, and unusual eggs.

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🔵  Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our American art collection, currently on view in Infinite Blue.

This ornithological print by Daniel Giraud Elliot—one of the most famous bird artists of the nineteenth century—shows a black-shouldered peafowl with blue plumage. Hand-colored to give an impression of vivid lifelikeness, the lithograph is scientifically accurate as well as artistically captivating. Elliot was an eminent natural historian and based his studies on direct observation, traveling extensively throughout the world in preparation for his publications. 

Daniel Giraud Elliott (American, 1835-1915). Pavo Nigripennis - Black Shouldered Pea Fowl. Lithograph in color on wove paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles

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The Avalanche, from the Life and Habits of Wild Animals by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Illustrations by Joseph Wolf. 1874.

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These dashing Trumpeter Hornbills are here to herald the long weekend ahead! Stay warm! 

 This illustration is from Daniel Giraud Elliot's A Monograph of the Bucerotidae, or Family of the Hornbills. (London, 1882) 

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Daniel Giraud Elliot | Monograph of the Phasianidae, or Family of the Pheasants, 1870-1872, coloured plates

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Happy Feathursday! 

Malayan Banded Pitta family (Hydrornis irena). #SciArt by William M. Hart for Daniel Giraud Elliot, A Monograph of the Pittidæ (1893-95). View more in @biodivlibrary with thanks to the Raven Library of the @mobotgarden for digitizing.

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A monograph of the Bucerotidæ, or family of the hornbills 

By Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915

Publication info [London] Published for the subscribers by the author [printed by Taylor and Francis]1882 BHL Collections: Smithsonian Libraries

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Rhinoplax vigil (1882) | Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915)

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A monograph of the Pittida, or family of ant thrushes - Daniel Giraud Elliot - c.1893-1895 - via Internet Archive

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Daniel Giraud Elliot - c.1893-1895.

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Asian wildcat hunting monitor lizard, by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1883)

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A new variant has been added!

Tibetan Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani) © Daniel Giraud Elliot

It hatches from bizarre, black, bright, brushy, dense, distinctive, high, pale, red, small, southeastern, vocal, white, and whitish eggs.

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