Cristata Collection

Crested Guinea Fowl
BLACK-COLLARED CRESTED GUINEA- FOWL guttera cristata

Coral fungus varieties
White coral fungus, Clavulina cristata (Clavaria cristata), Clavulina cinerea (Clavaria cinerea), pink-tipped coral mushroom, Ramaria botrytis (Clavaria botrytis), and wrinkled coral fungus

Shrews and moles
Water shrew, Neomys fodiens, Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, common shrew, Sorex araneus, star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata, European mole, Talpa europaea, and eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus

Crested iris, Iris cristata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Great blue turaco, Corythaeola cristata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Red-legged seriema or crested cariama, Cariama cristata (Brazilian cariama, Palamedea cristata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Coelogyne cristata orchid. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe, Ghent

Metatarsus bones of the dodo, crowned pigeon
Metatarsus bones of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-10, crowned pigeon, Goura coronata 12-17, tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris 18, 19 and other birds

Crested guineafowl, Guttera pucherani (Numida cristata). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Meerkat and aardwolf
Meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, and aardwolf, Proteles cristata. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals, 1836

Madagascan crested ibis and grey crowned crane (endangered)
Madagascan crested ibis, Lophotibis cristata (near threatened) and grey crowned crane, Balearica regulorum (endangered). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies

Western crowned pigeon, Goura cristata (vulnerable). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Philippine violet, Barleria cristata
Philippine violet, bluebell barleria or crested Philippine violet, Barleria cristata. Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with

Red-knobbed coot or crested coot, Fulica cristata. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Brazilian bearded monkey species and crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata. Le petit marmot siflant du Bresil, Cercopithecus barbatus, un porc epic d Afrique)

Greater crested tern, Thalasseus bergii (Crested tern, Sterna cristata). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Yellow cardinal, Gubernatrix cristata. Endangered. (Commanding bunting, Emberiza gubernatrix). Handcoloured engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Aardwolf, Proteles cristata (Hyaena civet, Viverra hyenoides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Edward Griffiths The Animal

Pyrenean desman (vulnerable) and star-nosed mole
Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyrenaicus (vulnerable) and star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata. (Desmax of the Pyrenees, Mygale pyrenaica, and condylure or radiated mole)

Cockscomb, Celosia cristata, with praying mantis
L Amarante rouge a Crete. Cockscomb, Celosia cristata, with praying mantis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus

Cockscomb, Celosia cristata
L Amarante rouge a Crete. Cockscomb, Celosia cristata. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Crested vanda orchid, Vanda cristata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London

Aphelandra arborea (Crested aphelandra, Aphelandra cristata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register, Ridgeway

Paphinia cristata orchid (Crested maxillaria, Maxillaria cristata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris: female 1, male 2, female depositing eggs on an aquatic leaf 3, egg 4, development of the young 5-12

Curtis British Entomology Plate 357
Hymenoptera: Anthophora haworthana = Anthophora retusa (Haworthian Bee) [Plant: Koeleria cristata (Aira cristata, Crested Hair-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Porcupine (Bewick)
histrix cristata Bewick says that the quills are a defensive rather than offensive weapon, but are nonetheless very effective. This was drawn from life

Fossil of extinct corals: Astraea, Maeandrina and Chaetetes species.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany

Crested or Malachite kingfisher, Alcedo cristata.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

South american locust, Locusta cristata (Egyptian locust, Gryllus cristatus).. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Hooded seal, Cystophora cristata (vulnerable) and northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science

Crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata, and urson or North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science

Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, and crested coua, Coua cristata.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France

African green pigeon, Treron calvus, and blue crowned pigeon, Goura cristata (vulnerable).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science

Blue tit, Parus caeruleus, and crested lark, Galerida cristata.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France

Red-legged seriema, Cariama cristata, and cream-coloured courser, Cursorius cursor.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Silvered Langur with an infant (baby-langurs are orange-coloured) rests on a tree (Presbytis cristata). near Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary; Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Bewick Hooded Seal
(cystophoro cristata) A native of Greenland, it has a fold of skin on its forehead with which it can cover its eyes and nose

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