Aves Collection (page 8)

Paradisaea rudolphi, blue bird of paradise
Image of a male and female blue bird of paradise, Paradisaea rudolphi. New Guinea. From the Natural History Museum at Tring

A collection of birds feathers
Contour feathers, wing coverts and tail coverts from several different species of birds

Bone knife from Papua New Guinea
Traditional bone knife of unknown age, from Sepik Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Made from tibiotarsus of Cassowary Casuarius sp

Threskiornis aethiopicus, sacred ibis skeleton
Plate 52 from a paper published by Georges Cuvier in 1804

Sturnus vulgaris, European starling
Plate 159 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Barnardius zonarius, Australian ringneck
Plate 21 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)

Meleagris gallopavo, wild turkey
Original oil painting on canvas by Robert Havell, (c. 1835), 128cm x 171cm

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

Tachycineta bicolor, tree swallow
Plate 100 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

Phalaropus tricolor, Wilsons phalarope
Plate 254 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

Prunus padus L. XXV 95, bird cherry
An illustrative plate of a a bird cherry tree, flowers and fruit, taken from the 1913 botanical work Icones Florae Germanicae by Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbachof

Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Eurasian bullfinch
A male Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Tyto alba, barn owl
A mounted specimen of a barn owl (Tyto alba). Barn owls are well distributed in Europe, South America, U.S.A, Africa and Australia. There are 35 subspecies

Ensifera ensifera, sword-billed hummingbird
Plate 233, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould

Strix aluco, tawny owl
Plate 68 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Serinus canaria, island canary
Specimen of an island canary (Serinus canaria)

Eriocnemis vestita, glowing puffleg
Plate 275, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould

Emu egg
Fresh emu eggs are a dark turquoise colour, which fades over time if they are preserved

Platycercus exmius, eastern rosella
Plate 18 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)

Maiasaura with nest of eggs and hatchlings
An animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya

Tyrannosaurus rex
A life size model of the head of Tyrannosaurus rex on display in the Natural History Museums Dinosaur gallery. Tyrannosaurus rex lived 67 to 65 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous period

Phasianus colchicus elegans, common pheasant
Plate 58 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Polyplectron napoleonis, Palawan peacock-pheasant
Plate 9 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Phasianus colchicus shawii, common pheasant
Plate 51 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Syrmaticus reevesii, Reeves pheasant
Plate 61 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Barringtonia calyptrata, mango pine tree
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Anas discors, blue-winged teal
Plate 313 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

Anastomus lamelligerus, African open-bill
Watercolour and pencil by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1918). This species is a member of the stork family and mainly hunts in marshes and wetlands

Aepyornis maximus, elephant bird
Painting by Maurice Wilson from his drawings collection (1950)

Emu and rheas at Tring Park
Rheas from South America and Emus from Australia are examples of the flightless ratite birds kept by Walter Rothschild at Tring Park

Northern cassowary by JG Keulemans
Hand-coloured lithograph of cassowary head by JG Keulemans (c. 1898), based on the live animals at Walter Rothschilds Museum at Tring

Walter Rothschild Bird skin collection, 1932
Packed for shipping. The majority of Rothschilds (280, 000 items) bird skin collection was sold the AMNH in New York after he ran into financial difficulties

Agriocharis ocellata eggs
Eggs of Ocellated Turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, laid at the aviary at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, from the Natural History Museum collections at Tring

Eopsaltria leucura
Mangrove Robin, Eopsaltria leucura, collected by John Gilbert in East Bay, Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Pitta Iris, from the Gould Collection
Rainbow Pitta, Pitta Iris, specimen, collected by Captain Chambers in Australia between 1839 and 1841 Date: 1839

Xenus cinereus
Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus, specimen, collected by Captain William Chambers in the Cobourg Peninsula in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Rallus phippensis
Buff-banded Rail, Rallus phippensis, collected by JB Jukes in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia on August 1843 Date: 1843

Cacatua sanguinea, from the Gould Collection
Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea, specimen collected by RA Bankier in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 14th December 1840 Date: 1840

Conopophila albogularis egg, Gould Collection
Egg of Rufous-banded honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis, collected by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia on December 5th 1840 Date: 1840

Turnix castanota egg, from Gould Collection
Egg of the Chestnut-backed Buttonquail, Turnix castanota, collected by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 5th March 1841 Date: 1841

Oriolus sagittatus affinis eggs
Eggs of Olive-backed oriole, Oriolus sagittatus affinis, found by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 4th December 1840 Date: 1840

Dendrocygna arcuata australia eggs
Eggs of wandering whistling duck, Dendrocygna arcuata, collected by John Gilbert in Australia, 4th March 1841. All five are type specimens. Date: 1841

Eulabeornis castaneoventris egg
Egg of Chestnut Rail, Eulabeornis castaneoventris, collected in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Megapodius reinwardt tumulus eggs
Eggs of the orange-footed scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt tumulus, collected by John MacGillivray in Port Essington, Northern Territory, November 1844 Date: 1844

Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius
Two specimens of Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius - 1894.10.26.16 (top) and 1894.10.26.15 (bottom Date: 1894

Darwins Pigeons, Short-faced English Tumbler
Figure 23, Original drawing from the book Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin, 1868. Library reference number DC BD 858 (Vol. 1) Date: 1868

Red eared firetail Finch, Emblema oculata
Emblema (Stagonopleura) oculata - 1894.10.26.95 Date: 1894

Darwins Pigeons, African Owl
Figure 22, Original drawing from the book Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin, 1868. Library reference number DC BD 858 (Vol. 1) Date: 1868

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