'New-Holland creeper' [Scarlet myzomela] holly Queen Visits Manchester

Queen Visits Manchester

Alluding to the jousting for the title

Chinese Building and Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens

November 12

'New-Holland creeper' [Scarlet myzomela] holly Queen Visits ManchesterOrnithological study of the Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta, native to Australia. Side view, posed on a tree branch. Plate 11 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder 1814.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. Original: