Caption:
Large bird eggs: elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus (extinct) 1,2, ostrich, Struthio camelus 3, southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius 4, Andean condor, Vultur gryphus 5, bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus 6, white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla 7, Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus 8, Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula 9, song thrush, Turdus philomelos 10, ruby-topaz hummingbird, Chrysolampis mosquitus 11, etc. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857.