Naturgeschichte der Vögel
Naturgeschichte der Vögel is a German natural history of birds by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, published in 1853 by Verlag von Franz Hanke, with hand-coloured plates for naturalists and students. The plates show full-length birds on perches, stumps and stands, each labelled with its scientific name, set in groups of four with plain cream backgrounds, giving a designer a clear catalogue of avian silhouettes, plumage colour and tail shape.
