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Leptospermum scoparium, tea treeFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Ducula bicolor, pied imperial pigeonPlate 78, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Terminalia glabrataFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Vanellus indicus, red-wattled lapwingPlate 94, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Coprosma australisFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Persoonia lanceolata, lance leaf geebungFinished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Chalcophaps indica, emerald dovePlate 82, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Ranina ranina, spanner crabPlate 113 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)
Insects of GeorgiaPlate 182, page 95 Volume 2, Insects of Georgia by John Abbot. 1751 - 1840
Proteus illustrationPlate X11 from Observations de Zoologie et d Anatomie Comparee (1811) Vol 1, by Humboldt & Bonpland. Entitled Proteus, seu larva salamandrae, Mexicanis axolotl
Lethrinus miniatus, sweetlips emperorFf. 200. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Pithecia pithecia, white-faced sakiFox-tailed Monkey, Simia pithecia. Plate facing p. 169 of Museum Leverianum; specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever, by George Shaw. Published by James Parkinson, proprietor, 1792-1796
Pycnonotus cafer haemorrhousus, red-vented bulbul
Nettapus coromandelianus, cotton teal
Otus bakkamoena, collared scops owl
Heniochus chryostomus, pennant bannerfishFf. 31a Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Sargocentron tiere, blue lined squirrelfishFf. 70 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Pentanemus quinquarius, royal threadfinFf. 179. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Terpsiphone bourbonnensis, Leptocoma zeylonicaPlate 42, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Artamus leucorhynchus, white-breasted woodswallowFf. 165. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Motacilla longiceps and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Elatostema rugosum, parataniwhaFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Ff. 252 sketch by George ForsterFf. 252. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75). Illustration shows a sea creature
Fregata minor, great frigatebirdPlate 961, hand coloured copper engraving by Francois Nicolas Martinet from Georges Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffons Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, Vol. 9, (1784)
Siganus punctatus, goldspotted spinefootFf. 199. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Calcarius lapponicus alascensis, Lapland longspurFf. 80, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Borreria sp. weedFinished watercolour by unknown artist from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Hedycarya arborea, pigeonwood treeFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Amazona barbadensis, yellow-shouldered parrotPlate 61 painting by Louis Bourquet from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, Vol. 1, (1801). Annotated La Perruche a Epaulettes jaunes
Senecio candidans, sea cabbageFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cacalia lanuginosa
Dactylopterus volitans, flying gurnardFf. 103 Vol 2. Unfinished watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Canavalia rosea, beach beanFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Glycine rosea
Chaetodon ulietensis, Pacific double-saddle butterflyfishFf. 22b Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Papilio eubule, brimstone butterflyIllustration of a brimstone butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 211, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library
Detail of manuscript textRelating to Plate 103 from the Loten Collection, 1754-57, a painting depicting Tragulus javanicus, lesser mouse-deer, by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781). Image under record 6372
Gymnothorax ocellatus, Caribbean ocellated morayFf. 2 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Parsonsia heterophylla, jasmineFinished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Dinopium benghalense, black-rumped woodpeckerPlate 21, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Serranus variolosaFf. 216. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Eptatretus cirrhatus, broadgill hagfishFf. 251. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Aciphylla squarrosa, speargrassFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Scomber japonicus, chub mackerelFf. 228. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Chrysaora quinquecirrha, sea nettle jellyfishFf. 53 Vol 3. Pencil sketch by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Tagetes patula, marigoldIllustration of marigold (Tagetes patula) by August Johann Georg Carl Batsch (1761-1802) from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum
Lycopodium magellanicum, club mossFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Lycopodium glabellum
Galaxias argenteus, giant kokopuFf. 205. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Aechmorhynchus cancellatus, Kiritimati sandpiperFf. 64, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Trachinocephalus myops, painted lizzardfishFf. 232. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)