Description
original-colour chromolithograph;
verso: advertisement text in black and 3 Filipina women. VERY RARE
An Excellent Trade Card by The Singer Manufacturing Co., published in 1899 for the
“The American Singer Series”; No.14
One of a set of 16 trade cards featuring water colours of native American song birds.
The copyright dates range from 1898-1922 and this is one of the earliest releases.
The equivalent of this Song Sparrow is the Eurasian tree sparrow. Endemic to the Philippines: Maya
![Song Sparrow - [Maya][verso] - 3 Filipinas in Sarong and Saya](https://www.gop.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/JO64815-Singer-Leger.webp)
![Song Sparrow - [Maya][verso] - 3 Filipinas in Sarong and Saya - Image 2](https://www.gop.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/JO-64815-Singer-Leger-verso.jpg)

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![Mimizuku gurneyi [Gurney's Horned Owl]](https://www.gop.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JO57399-Hachisuka-1934-Mimizuku-gurneyi-600x750.webp)