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The animal on the cover of Using SVG with CSS3 and HTML5 is a blue-fronted lorikeet (Charmosyna toxopei). This bird is exclusively found on the Indonesian island of Buru. Buru was part of the Dutch East Indies colony from 1658 to 1942, and Lamburtus Johannes Toxopeus (born in Java, but of Dutch nationality) was the first European scientist to describe and capture this lorikeet species. His name thus became part of the bird’s Latin name.

These birds are primarily green in color, with blue heads and bellies. They are small members of the parrot family, growing to about 6 inches (16 cm) long. Blue-fronted lorikeets live in pairs, occasionally forming small groups up to 10 birds. Their preferred habitat is lowland forest with plenty of flowering trees to provide them with their diet of nectar and soft fruit.

The blue-fronted lorikeet is critically endangered due to logging activity in its already limited range. Two protected areas have been established on the island to help preserve the bird’s habitat.

Many of the animals on O’Reilly covers are endangered; all of them are important to the world. To learn more about how you can help, go to animals.oreilly.com.

The cover image is an illustration by Karen Montgomery, based on an antique engraving from Shaw’s Zoology. The cover fonts are URW Typewriter and Guardian Sans. The text fonts are Adobe Minion Pro and Myriad Pro Light; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is Dalton Maag’s Ubuntu Mono.