#keulemans

It is common to celebrate our native bird, using it as an identifier, on many and various items, such as this 1960s school writing pad. This item uses the image of the North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli, by John Gerrard Keulemans, first published in the 2d edition (1888) of Walter Buller's "Birds of New Zealand". The borders around the picture show ferns, clematis, kowhai, pohutukawa.

Olympic Stationery Ltd :Birds of New Zealand; an Olympic production. School writing pad 9G. North Island kiwi, Apteryx mantelli. Series no. 6, Subject no. 46 [1950-1960s?].

Henry Eeles Dresser – Scientist of the Day

Henry Eeles Dresser, an English ornithologist, was born May 9, 1838.

Johan Keulemans – Scientist of the Day

Johan Gerard Keulemans, a Dutch illustrator, died Mar. 29, 1912, at age 69.

Picathartes gymnocephalus - the White-necked Rockfowl