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Moho nobilis, Hawaii o-oMoho nobilis. Ff. 26, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Carduelis spinus, Eurasian siskinPlate 37 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Thalassarche chlororhynchos, yellow-nosed albatross
Bucephala clangula, common goldeneyePlate 31 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Motacilla flava thunbergi, yellow wagtailPlate 4 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Psittacula krameri manillensis, Indian ringneck parakeet (LuPlate 33 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph
Megalaima zeylanica, brown-headed barbetPlate 28, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Cygnus columbianus, tundra swanPlate 10 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Scene in New Zealand, with some of its remarkable birdsPlate 13 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Geographical Distribution of Animals, (1876)
Inachis io Linneaus, peacock butterflyClose up of wing of peacock butterfly from the family Nymphalida. Magnified wing detail from specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Strelitzia reginae, bird of paradiseEngraving by Phelippeaux after a painting from Choix Des Plus Belles Fleurs by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840)
Semioptera wallacei, standardwingPlate 52, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Supplementary volume, (1840-1848)
Anas undulata, yellow-billed duckFf. 72. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas xanthorynchus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Anas erythrorhyncha, red-billed duckFf. 73. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas pyrrhoryncha and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Vermivora bachmanii, Bachmans warblerPlate 185 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Augustus H. Bishop with elephant tusks, May 1912Augustus Bishop arrived at the Museum in 1904, aged 23, after three years training as a taxidermist
Sula capensis, Cape GannetPlate 2 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Entomyzon cyanotis, blue-faced honeyeaterDrawing No. 49, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Common ShelduckIllustration of a Common Shelduck by Peter Pallou
Pukeko, Porphyrio melanotus melanotus (partial albino on left). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.2 Plate 32 Date: 1888
Kodak jar with pebbles from Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forKodak jar with pebbles from emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) stomach Collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition
LS Plate 2 from the John Reeves CollectionLarge Series plate 2, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Tringa ochropus, green sandpiperPlate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Hummingbird CaseThe Hummingbird case on display in the Natural History Museums Bird Gallery
Loxia pytyopsittacus, parrot crossbillPlate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Phalacrocorax carbo, great cormorantPlate 52 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Tringa glareola, wood sandpiperPlate 57 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Ciconia ciconia, European white storkPlate 30 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Melanerpes erythrocephalus, red-headed woodpeckerPlate 20, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Mimus polyglottos, northern mockingbirdPlate 27, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Plate 327 from The Gleanings of Natural History by George EdPlate 328, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764). Annotated Brasilian saw-billed roller
Sitta sp. nuthatchPlate 40 from a bound volume called Indian Birds Colouredd. Artrist probably Sheikh Zayn al-Din, possibly compiled by Lady Impey
Strelitzia alba, white bird of paradiseTaken from Water-colour Drawings of Plants from South Africa, Canaries, Azores, West Indies and Two Views of Niagra, Francis Masson 1770-1798 Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum
Garrulus glandarius, Eurasian jayWatercolour by the German ornithologist, hunter and bird collector, Christian Ludwig Landbeck (c. 1833-4)
Coccyzus americanus, yellow-billed cuckooPlate 2 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, retouched by R. Havell & Son, London
Coccyzus erythropthalmus, black-billed cuckooPlate 32 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Haliaetus leucocephalus, bald eaglePlate 31 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Motacilla flava, yellow wagtailWatercolour by Henrik Gr ld (1924-5)
Pygoscelis antarcticus, chinstrap penguinFf. 82. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes antartica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Parus bicolor, tufted titmousePlate 39 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Aphelocoma coerulescens, Florida scrub jayPlate 87 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Dromaius novaehollandiae, emuDrawing No. 67, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpeckerPlate 16, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby. Size: 380 x 255 mm
Fulica americana, American cootPlate 239 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
Darwins PigeonsCharles Darwin gave his personal collection on pigeons to the Museum in 1867 and 1868, as part of a bigger collection of domestic birds including ducks, chickens and even cararies
Peacock Drawing Date: 1555
Northern cassowary by JG KeulemansHand-coloured lithograph of cassowary head by JG Keulemans (c. 1898), based on the live animals at Walter Rothschilds Museum at Tring
Agusta-Bell AB412 Ei-459 - MM81259Aviazione dell'Esercito AVES - Agusta-Bell AB.412 MM81259 / Ei-459 (msn 25567), of 53 Gruppo, at Middle Wallop on 20 July 1990. (Aviazione dell'Esercito AVES - italian Army Aviation)