Poster: Birds, Passerines II - Educational board

Reissue of the plate "Natural History - Class of Birds - Passerines" from the work "Natural History made accessible to Children" published by Marcel Vagné in the middle of the 19th century. Browse the collection resulting from this work. IMAGERY NEW NATURAL HISTORY CLASS OF PASSERINE BIRDS Order of birds feeding mainly on insects, insect larvae and worms. PROMEROPS Lives at the Cape of Good Hope. RAVEN A very voracious bird that is easily taught to speak. GRAI Lazy and nocturnal bird, feeds on fruits, worms and insects. ROLLIER FURCIPES Essentially insectivorous bird. FLYCATCHER or RAVIRA Insectivorous bird of South America. ÉSTUNNING Wild bird that can be tamed to speak and sing; destroys many insects. TRANSVERSE-CRESTED FLYCATCHER or KING OF BIRDS Inhabits South America. COMMON HOOPPE Feeds on insects, worms, larvae and caterpillars, likes old walls and debris. MÉSORIS LYRE Lives in Australia. Feeds on insects and worms. TAMATIA Lives in South America. RED-BREASTED Very familiar bird. COMMON CREVE or HARVESTER Migratory bird, feeds on insects, worms and fruits. GROUVAN Lives in southern Europe. Bird highly sought after for the delicacy of its flesh. WRENCH Drifts his hatreds and the little birds too weak to resist him. GREENFINCH Very docile bird and easy to tame. FRENCH BUNTING Bird whose song is quite pleasant; nests in hedges. GREAT TIT Destroys a large number of insects. LONG-TAILED TIT Feeds on insects, larvae and worms. MANQUIS or NUTCRACKER Lives in Greece, feeds on insects and wild fruits. CAYANE THRUSH CAYANE THRUSH. COMMON HOOPPE Feeds on insects, worms, larvae and caterpillars, likes old walls and debris. RHINOCEROS HORNBIRD Inhabits Hindustan, the Indian archipelago and Australia. HOUSE SPARROW or SPIROW Easily tamed and destroys a prodigious quantity of insects. NATURAL HISTORY made accessible to children Imagerie de Pont-à-Mousson, Marcel VAGNE and his Sons, Printers-Publishers (Registered).