Aves Collection (page 23)

Aratinga solistaris, sun parakeet
Plate 20 painting by Louis Bourquet from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, Vol. 1, (1801). Annotated La Perruche Ara Guarouba, jeune age

Drepanis pacifica, Hawaii mamo
Ff. 27, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Serinus serinus, European serin
Plate 38 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Title page from Stray Feathers
Title page from Allan Octavian Humes Stray Feathers A Journal of Ornithology for India and its Dependencies, Vol. 2, (1874)

Phalacrocorax magellanicus, rock shag
Ff. 105. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Pelecanus magellanicus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Petroica australis, New Zealand robin
Ff. 148. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus ochrotarsus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Erythrura psittacea, red-throated parrotfinch
Ff. 153. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Loxia pulchella and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Scytalopus magellanicus, Magellanic tapaculo
Ff. 163. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Motacilla magellanica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Panurus biarmicus, bearded tit
Plate 30 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Corvus corone, carrion crow
Plate 58 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Phalaropus fulicarius, grey phalarope
Plate 81 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

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

Jynx torquilla, northern wryneck
Plate 76 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Clamator glandarius, great spotted cuckoo
Plate 69 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Fulmaris glacialis, northern fulmar
Plate 82 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

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

Purpureicephalus spurius, red-capped parrot
Plate 21 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph

Dendrocopos macei analis, fulvous-breasted woodpecker
Plate 23, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Parus cristatus, crested tit
Plate 26 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Phaethornis anthophilus, pale-bellied hermit
Plate 24, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.1, (1849-61)

Turnix sp. Buttonquail
Plate 85, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Dinornis elephantopus, heavy-footed moa
An extinct wingless bird from the superficial deposits of the middle island of New Zealand in the gallery of Fossils, British Museum, height of skeleton 5 ft 6 in. 1858. NHM Archives 1210 1/11

Chlidonias hybrida, whiskered tern
Plate 77 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Tommaso Salvadori (1835-1923)
Count Adelaro Tommaso Salvadori Paleotti was one of ten eminent ornithologists who assisted Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Head of the Bird Section. Image shows Tommaso working on flamingoes, c. 1890

Paradisaea minor, lesser bird-of-paradise
Plate 11, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Rhipidura fuliginosa, New Zealand fantail
Ff. 155. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Muscicapa ventilabrum and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Bauers parrakeet, Platycercus baueri
Plate from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph

Phylloscopus trochilus, willow warbler
Plate 65 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Enicognathus leptorhynchus, slender-billed parakeet
Plate 11 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph

Harpactes duvaucelii, scarlet-rumped trogon
Plate 40, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or family of Trogons, (1838)

Pachyptila belcheri, slender-billed prion
Ff. 43, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Larus fuscus, lesser black-backed gull
Plate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Tadorna ferruginea, ruddy shelduck
Plate 12 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Lalage leucopyga, long-tailed triller
Ff. 159. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Muscicapa naevia and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Inachis io, peacock butterfly caterpillar
Picture 1, series A, in a sequence of 6 pictures showing the emergence of a peacock butterfly, beginning its active life as a caterpillar

Picus miniaceus, banded woodpecker
Plate 22, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Ficedula parva, red-breasted flycatcher
Plate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Milvus migrans, black kite
Plate 23 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ducula bicolor, pied imperial pigeon
Plate 78, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Emberiza pusilla, little bunting
Plate 25 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Vanellus indicus, red-wattled lapwing
Plate 94, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

LS Plate 7 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 7, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Chalcophaps indica, emerald dove
Plate 82, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Tyrannosaurus rex teeth
Partly grown tooth in centre shows serrated edges which helped cut through mrat fibres. Fully grown tooth on right shows some worn serrations near the tip

Eremophila alpestris, horned lark
Plate 18 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Pycnonotus cafer haemorrhousus, red-vented bulbul

Nettapus coromandelianus, cotton teal

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