Aves Collection (page 15)

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

Platycercus eximius, eastern rosella
Watercolour 37 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Cow and calf 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

Flycatcher, elliottia, purple malve and pipit
Drawin 19 from the Botanical and Zoological Drawings, 1756-1788 by William Bartram. Original artwork held in the Natural History Museum, London

Ramphastos dicolorus, red-breasted toucan

Saxicola rubetra, whinchat, Saxicola torquata, common stonec
Plate 7 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Passer montanus, tree sparrow, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Eurasian b
Plate 40 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Taxostoma rufum, brown thrasher
Plate 28, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Mycteria leucocephala, painted stork
Plate 23 by Sydney Parkinson from the Loten Collection

Cacatua sulphurea, yellow-crested cockatoo
Plate from William Hayes Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, With Their Descriptions, From the Menagery of Osterley Park, London, (1794)

Frontispiece from George Edwards A Natural History of Birds, Part 1, (1743). Annotated Georgii Edvardi Ornithologia Nova

Bird display
A perspective view of the grand saloon and gallery from A Companion to the [British] Museum (1790) by Sir Ashton Lever. The Natural History Museum in South Kensington was not built until 1880s

Theatre des Merveilles de la Nature
Plate VII from Theatre des Merveilles de la Nature, by Levinus Vincent, 1719

Garrulus glandarius, European jay
An European jay (Garrulus glandarius), taken in the U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Paradisaea rudolphi, blue bird-of-paradise
Plate 29 from Richard Bowdler Sharpes Monograph of the Paradiseidae, Vol.1, (1893)

Gypaetos barbatus, lammergeier
Plate 1, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Certhidea olivacea, warbler-finch
A specimen of a warbler-finch (Certhidea olivacea) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

The Malay Archipelago
Title page of The Malay Archipelago, The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of travel with studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace, 1874

Taxidermists at work

Specimen label for Geospiza difficilis, sharp-beaked ground
Second of three specimen labels for a finch collected by Dr A. Habel from Abingdon Island, Galapagos Islands in 1868

Geospiza fuliginosa, small ground finch
A specimen of a small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) collected by Robert FitzRoy in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Leiothrix argentauris, silver-eared mesia
Plate 221, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Trogon melanurus macroura, black-tailed trogon
Hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or Family of Trogons, (1838)

Natives of Aru shooting Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-pa
Plate opposite page 443 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Malay Archipelago (1874)

Nesomimus parvulus, Galapagos mockingbird
A specimen of a Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) collected by Charles Robert Darwin in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Certhidea olivacea fusca, warbler-finch
A specimen of a warbler-finch (Certhidea olivacea fusca) collected by Dr A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Detail of terracotta moulding of a dodo in the Waterhouse Bu
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Camarhynchus prosthemelas
A specimen collected by Dr A. Habel, labelled Camarhynchus prosthemelas

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