Apteryx, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Trade cards from the "Birds of the Tropics" series (N38), issued in 1889 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. This series is a physically larger version of the "Birds of the Tropics" set (N5), including the corresponding small card design with other pictorial matter added.

Credit: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick