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The Archæopteryx

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The Archæopteryx.jpg Skeleton of an Extinct Flightless Toothed Bird, HesperornisThumbnailsBaby and BlackbirdSkeleton of an Extinct Flightless Toothed Bird, HesperornisThumbnailsBaby and BlackbirdSkeleton of an Extinct Flightless Toothed Bird, HesperornisThumbnailsBaby and BlackbirdSkeleton of an Extinct Flightless Toothed Bird, HesperornisThumbnailsBaby and BlackbirdSkeleton of an Extinct Flightless Toothed Bird, HesperornisThumbnailsBaby and BlackbirdSkeleton of an Extinct Flightless Toothed Bird, HesperornisThumbnailsBaby and BlackbirdSkeleton of an Extinct Flightless Toothed Bird, HesperornisThumbnailsBaby and Blackbird

(After William Leche of Stockholm.)

A good restoration of the oldest known bird, Archæopteryx (Jurassic Era). It was about the size of a crow; it had teeth on both jaws; it had claws on the thumb and two fingers; and it had a long lizard-like tail. But it had feathers, proving itself a true bird.