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Cygnus cygnus, whooper swanPlate 9 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Aythya ferina, common pochardPlate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Barkham Avenue, Piltdown, SussexView looking down the drive c. 1912, including from left to right, Venus Hargreaves, Arthur Smith Woodward (with the goose Chipper), Charles Dawson, and Robert Kenward Snr
Anas querquedula, garganeyPlate 17 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Aythya fuligula, tufted duckPlate 23 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Anas penelope, Eurasian widgeonPlate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Aythya nyroca, ferruginous duckPlate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Tadorna ferruginea, ruddy shelduckPlate 12 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Nettapus coromandelianus, cotton teal
Netta rufina, red-crested pochardPlate 22 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Anas poecilorhyncha, spot-billed duckPlate 96, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Mergus merganser, goosander, Alcedo atthis, common kingfishePlate 34 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Aythya marila, greater scaupPlate 24 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Dendrocygna javanica, lesser whistling duckPlate 98, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Anas crecca, common tealPlate 34 from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library. Original Drawings. Birds
Anser anser, greylag gooseFeathers from the greylag goose (Anser anser)
Maiasaura with youngAn animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya
Somateria mollissima, common eiderPlate 246 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
Anthya marila, greater scaupPlate 229 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
Anser albifrons, greater white-fronted goosePlate 286 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
Dendrocygna viduata, white-faced whistling duckFf. 76. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas viduata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Tadorna cana, South African shelduckFf. 70. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas montana and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Anas superciliosa, Pacific black duck
Aythya novaeseelandiae, New Zealand scaupFf. 79. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Anas atricilla and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Somateria spectabilis, king eiderPlate 276 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
Workers at Piltdown
Aythya collaris, ring-necked duckPlate 234 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
Lophonetta specularoides, crested duckFf. 78. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas lophyra cristata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Melanitta fusca, white-winged scoterPlate 247 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
Anas georgica, yellow-billed pintailFf. 71. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas xanthorynchus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Tadorna variegata, Paradise shelduckFf. 67. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Anas Cheneros and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Biziura lobata, musk duckPlate 18, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.7, (1840-1848)
Branta canadensis, Canada goose (detail of head)Plate 92, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Lophodytes cucullatus, hooded merganserPlate 94, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Somatera mollissma, common eiderPlate 7 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Bucephala albeola, buffleheadPlate 98, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Anas bahamensis, white-cheeked pintailPlate 93, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Aix falericulata, mandarin duckWatercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever
Still Searching At PiltdownA general impression of the Piltdown Gravel Pit, East Sussex c. 1913, with the goose Chipper, and from left to right, Venus Hargreaves, Arthur Smith Woodward, Charles Dawson
Ornithorhynchus anatinus, duck-billed platypusPlate 13 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803
Anas acuta, northern pintailPlate 227 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
Branta canadensis, Canada goosePlate 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
Chleophaga hybrida, kelp gooseFf. 66. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas ganta Anas antarctica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Anas capensis, Cape tealFf. 75. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas assimilis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Anser caerulescens, snow goosePlate 381 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London