Nest Collection (#8)

Humming bird nest
A humming bird nest collected by Captain Cook 1st voyage in Rio de Janiero

Wasp nest in a bowler hat
This bowler hat containing a wasp nest was found in an outhouse on the estate of Walter Rothschild in Tring. The nest was built by the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, common redstart nest and eggs
Plate 54 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)

Aulacorhamphus prasinus, emerald toucanet
Plate 47, hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter from John Goulds A Monograph of the Ramphastid, or family of Toucans, 2nd edition, (1854)

Unidientified sunbird nest
Plate 64, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Ardea purpurea, purple heron
Plate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Regulus regulus, goldcrest
Plate from Paul Jerrards Gems for the Drawing Room:(British) Birds (1852). Hand coloured lithograph

Stercorarius skua, great skua
Plate 78 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Phoenicurus ochruros, black redstart
Plate 52 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Orthotomus sutorius, common tailorbird nest

Turdus pilaris, fieldfare
Plate 35 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Charadrius dubius, little ringed plover
Plate 42 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Circus aeruginosus, western marsh harrier
Plate 24 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Dendrocopos minor, lesser spotted woodpecker
Plate 72 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Corvus frugilegus, rook
Plate 60 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Larus canus, mew gull
Plate 60 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Apus apus, common swift
Plate 3 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Pallass sandgrouse
Plate 11 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, red-billed chough
Plate 62 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Orthotomus sutorius, common tailorbird
Plate 60, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Luscinia megarhynchos, common nightingale
Plate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Asio flammeus, short-eared owl
Plate 32 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Troglodytes troglodytes, wren
Plate from Paul Jerrards Gems for the Drawing Room:(British) Birds (1852). Hand coloured lithograph

Calidris temminckii, Temmincks stint
Plate 73 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Plate 302 from The Gleanings of Natural History by George Ed
Plate 302, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 2 (1760). Annotated Little blue-grey flycatchers

Termite Nests, Cape York, Torres Straits
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Nest of Megapodins, Cape York
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

The Ostrich nest, East of Bembesi River
October 1870. Sketch 55 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Riparia riparia, sand martin
Plate 128 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, sedge warbler
Plate 125 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Actitis hypoleucos, common sandpiper
Plate 187 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Common wasp nest
The rounded nest of the common wasp, (Vespula vulgaris) in the roof rafters of a house. Wasps chew wood and pulp it to make the papery material which the nest comprises of

Cistothorus palustris, marsh wren
Plate 98 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, cliff swallow
Plate 68 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Progne subis, purple martin

The Island Sanctuary
Plate 5 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Passerina caerulea, blue grosbeak
Plate 122 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Troglodytes aedon, house wren

Zenaida macroura, mourning dove
Plate 17 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Ammodramus caudacutus, saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow
Plate 149 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Fratercula artica, Atlantic puffin
Plate 213 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Chaetura pelagica, chimney swift
Plate 158 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Cistothorus platensis, sedge wren
Plate 175 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Turdrus viscivorus, mistle thrush nest and eggs
Plate 4 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.1, (1845)

Sturnus vulgaris, European starling nest and eggs
Plate 2 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.1, (1845)

Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wren nest and eggs
Plate 68 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)

Turdus sp. thrush chicks
Plate 121 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Branta canadensis, Canada goose
Plate 201 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

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