Aves Collection (page 14)

Agyrtria candida, hummingbird display
As Curator and Preserver to the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, in 1851 John Gould compiled an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds which were displayed in 24 custom-made cases

Adeliee Penguin group
Adeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick

Spermophila supercilaris
Plate 7 from Gyula Madaraszs Zeitschrift Fur Die Gesammte Ornithologie, Vol. 2, (1885) Annotated Spermophila superciliaris. This science name is no longer valid

Botany staff, March 1900. The Natural History Museum, Londo
Robert Hugh Bunting photographed his colleagues in a relaxed mood during March 1900

Bird-of-paradise
Plate 612 from Konrad Gesners Historia Animalium, Vol.3, (1555)

A collection of eggs from western Asia

bird
A specimen collected by Dr A. Habel, labelled Camarhynchus variegatus

Children with bird specimens, 1948. The Natural History Mus
In December 1948 a Childrens Centre opened at the Museum. Jacqueline Palmer, a teacher seconded from the London County Council, had come up with the idea

Dacela novaeguineae, laughing kookaburra
Watercolour 159 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great Brown Kingfisher, Goo-ge-na-gan

Malacorhynchus membranaceus, pink-eared duck
Watercolour 92 by Thomas Wattling from the Watling Collection titled the Mandibles of a very curious creature

Bulwers Petrel
Illustration of Bulwers Petrel by William Jardine

Empidonax virescnes, Elliottia racemosa, Callirrhoe triangul
Acadian flycatcher, elliottia, poppy mallow and pipit. Drawing 20 (Ewan 46) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Harpy from Aldrovandis Opera
Illustration of a Harpy from Aldrovandis Opera

Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Dionaea muscipula, venus fly

Phaethon rubricauda, red-tailed tropicbird
Watercolour 360 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Red-tailed Tropic-bird

European Goldfinch
Illustration of a European Goldfinch by John Keulemans (1842-1912)

Lophura ignita macartneyi, Tragopan melanocephalus
Plate 70, lithograph by K.I. Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der V� -Gattungen, (1831-1833)

Sitta pusila, brown-headed nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, whi
Plate 22, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Ibis, monkey, common genet and crow design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

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)

Common Snipe
Illlustration of a Common Snipe by Alexander Wilson (1766-1813)

Plate 205 from Reichenbachs Synopsis Avium
Plate 205 from Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbachs Synopsis Avium. Gallinaceae, (1848)

Parus ater, coal tit, Parus major, great tit
Plate 25 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Bombycilla garrulus, Bohemian waxwing
Plate 34 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Catharus minimus, grey-cheeked thrush

Red owl, warbling flycatcher, purple finch, brown lark
Page 82 from A. Wilsons American Ornithology, (1835). Annotated Red owl, Warbling flycatcher, Purple finch, Brown lark

Peacocks, Turkeys and a Dodo
Illustration of Peacocks, Turkeys and a Dodo by Francis Willughby (1635-1672)

Greater Bird of Paradise
Illustration of a Greater Bird of Paradise by Eleazar Albin

Demoiselle and crane designs
Drawing 27 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. (Two separate negatives)

Owl De Ulula
Illustration of Owl De Ulula by Konrad Gesner (1516-1565)

Rosss Gull
Illustration of Rosss Gull by William Jardine

Archilochus colubris, ruby-throated hummingbird
Drawing 58 (Ewan 20) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Common Hoopoe

Nicobar Pigeon
Illustration of Nicobar Pigeon by Eleazar Albin

Pyrocephalus rubinus, vermilion flycatcher
Plate 6, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41). This is not one of Darwins finches

Ara severus, chestnut-fronted maccaw
Plate 229, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 1 (1758)

Sturnus vulgaris, starling

Glossopsitta pusilla, little lorikeet
Watercolour 129 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Small Parakeet

Dog, owl and eagle design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus, rainbow lorikeet
Watercolour 125 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Red-breasted or Blue-bellied Parrot, Goeril

Anthus novaeseelandiae, New Zealand pipit
Watercolour 270 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Lark

Gavia artica, black-throated diver
Plate 146, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Natural History of Uncommon Birds, Vol. 3 (1750)

Polyplectron bicalcaratum, grey peacock-pheasant

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, black-necked stork
Watercolour 302 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Jabiru

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)

Chalcostigma stanleyi vulcani, blue-mantled thornbill

Aquila audax, wedge-tailed eagle
Watercolour 95 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Bold Vulture, Boo-ro-ma-rang

Pardalotus punctatus, spotted pardalote
Watercolour 287 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled New Holland Manakins

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