Ardeidae Collection

Australasian Bittern Matuku Hrepo, Botaurus poiciloptilus. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.3 Plate 38 Date: 1888

Nyctanassa violacea, yellow-crowned night heron
Plate 79, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Egretta garzetta, little egret
A watercolour by James Hope Stewart, c. 1825-35. From Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library

Ardea herodias, great blue heron
Plate 211 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

Wading bird illustration by Alexander Wilson
Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea; Snowy egret, Egretta thula; Virginia rail, Rallus limicola and Clapper rail, Rallus longirostris. Hand painted engraving

Ixobrychus exilis, least bittern
Plate 210 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

Reef Heron Matuku Moana, White Heron Kotuku
Reef Heron Matuku Moana, Egretta sacra sacra. White Heron Kotuku, Ardea modesta. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.3 Plate 37 Date: 1888

Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Dionaea muscipula, venus fly

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

Ixobrychus minutus, little bittern
Plate 29 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ardea sp. Heron
Ff. 112. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Nycticorax caledonicus, rufous night heron
Ff. 111. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea ferruginea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Egretta sacra, Pacific reef egret
Ff. 114. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Ardea jugularis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ardeola ralloides, squacco heron
Plate 25 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Bubulcus ibis, cattle egret
Plate 24 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ardea cinerea, grey heron
Ff. 113. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Botaurus stellaris, Eurasian bittern

Egretta thula, snowy egret
Plate 242 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

Egretta rufescens, reddish egret
Plate 256 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

Egretta tricolor, tricolored heron
Plate 217 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

Butorides virescens, green heron
Plate 80, hand coloured etching from Mark Catesbys The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands... Vol. 1. (1731-43)

Ixobrychus minututs, little bittern, Botaurus stellaris, Eur
Plate 275, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 2 (1760)

Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heron
Plate 236 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

Ardeola grayli, indian pond heron
Indian pond heron egg specimens

Erodium hymenodes, herons bill
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1908. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Botaurus stellaris, great bittern
Specimen of a great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Ardea alba, great egret
Plate 386 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

Egretta caerulea, little blue heron
Plate 307 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

Botaurus lentiginosus, American bittern
Plate 337 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

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