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Vintage botanical art by Jean Linden a Tree Fern from New Zealand (Alsophila contaminans). It is also known as the Black Tree Fern.This is a fine art print of a lithograph made in 1800's for the Illustration Horticole...

Vintage botanical art by William CurtisTitled a Veronica (Veronica Formosa) from New Zealand and Australia.This is a fine art print inspired by an engraving by Curtis made for The Botanical Magazine in the mid 19th century...

Vintage bird art showing Yellow Crowned Parakeet and Antipodes Parakeet (Cyanorhamphus unicolor and auriceps) which are found in New Zealand and the Antipodes Islands.This is a fine art print inspired by a lithograph made in 1903 by David Seth-Smith...

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features Banded Rail (Rallus philippensis) and Dieffenbach's Rail (Gallirallus dieffenbachii, extinct 1840s. Buller said of the Banded Rail:"It is spread throughout New Zealand in all suitable localities; but owing to its extremely shy disposition, i..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the Black-billed Gull (Larus bulleri) and Southern Black-backed Gull (Larus dominicanus). Buller said of the Black-billed Gull:"The birds which frequent the lake become very tame, one pair in particular readily taking a worm from my outstret..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features Long Tailed Cuckoo and Grey Warbler (Eudynamys taitensis and Gerygone igata). Of these birds, Buller says "The illustration...although it may have the appearance of an exaggeration, is in reality a true picture of bird-life. The Long-tailed ..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features Marsh Rail (now known as Marsh Crake, Porzana pusilla affinis) and Swamp Rail (now known as Spotless Crake, Porzana tabuensis tabuensis). Buller said of the MArsh Rail:"This handsome little Rail is found in both Islands; but it is everywhere..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features New Zealand Owls, The Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) and Laughing Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies, became extinct in 1914).Walter Buller KCMG (1838 - 1906) was a New Zealand lawyer and naturalist. His work, "A History of the Birds of New Zealan..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features male and female New Zealand Quail or Koreke (Coturnix novaezelandiae, extinct 1875). Buller said:"This handsome species, the only indigenous representative in New Zealand of the order Gallinæ, was “on the verge of extinction” when I publishe..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the New-Zealand Sheldrake, now known as the Paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata) Buller said:"Of the eight species of this tribe inhabiting New Zealand the “Paradise Duck” of the colonists is undoubtedly the finest. It is spread all over th..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features North Island Weka (Gallirallus australis greyi) or Woodhen and Buff weka or South-Island Woodhen (Gallirallus australis bectori). Buller said of the Woodhen:"The range of the Northern species is strictly confined to the North Island. Speakin..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features an Owl Parrot or Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Buller commented that the the rare and endangered Kakapo parrot had a face that resembled an owl and nocturnal habits.Walter Buller KCMG (1838 - 1906) was a New Zealand lawyer and naturalist. H..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the Rough-faced Shag, now known as the New Zealand King Shag (Leucocarbo carunculatus) and the White-throated Shag (now known as Little shag (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos brevirostris). Buller said of the Rough-faced Shag:"In November 1885 Cap..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features North Island Kokako (Callaeas wilsoni) or Blue-wattled Crow, and South Island Kokako or Koka (Callaeas cinerea, last sighted in 1967 and declared extinct in 2007) or Orange-wattled Crow. A claimed sighting of the South Island Kokako has fuel..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the White-headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessonii) and Sooty Petrel, now known as the Grey-faced petrel, Great-winged Petrel or Muttonbird (Pterodroma macroptera gouldi). Buller said of the White-headed Petrel:"I have never seen this fine Petrel ..