Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) from the first published book on the birds of Singapore: "The Birds of Singapore Island" (1927), co-authored by John Alexander Strachey Bucknill and Frederick Nutter Chasen. #SciArt by Gerald Aylmer Levett-Yeats. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @nlbsg: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47191465. ------------------------------------- #bhlib #bhl #naturalhistory #birds #bird #ornithology #singapore #NLB #NationalLibraryBoardSingapore #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries