Extinct birds, illustration. Seen are 1. Oahu akialoa (Akialoa ellisana syn Hemignathus ellisianus). 2. nukupuu (Heterorhynchus lucidus). 3. Hawaiian honeycreeper (Psittirostra psittacea deppei). 4. stout-legged finch (Ciridops anna). From 'Extinct Birds: an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times: that is, within the last six or seven hundred years: to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction' by Baron, Lionel Walter Rothschild, published in 1907. |