Beak Collection (page 10)

Cockatoo undergoing surgery
A Japanese cockatoo in the hands of a surgeon at the Animals Hospital, Pimlico, London. The bird suffered from the inconvenience of an abnormally long beak. (NB: this is not a dead parrot) circa 1911

Red-breasted Merganser
A fine Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) - a diving duck. Illustration on a Russian postcard Date: circa 1910s

TOUCAN
A Toucan with its beak in the air. Date: 1960s

Boys try to reach Jack Sparrow on top of lamp post
The boys try to reach Jack Sparrow, who has their cricket score in his beak, perched on top of a lamp post. Date: 1937

Bee-eater from New South Wales, Australia
A Bee-eater from New South Wales, Australia, perching on a branch with red berries. 1822

Studies of seagulls

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett
A Singing Bird. (Jenny Wren) Not much voice and less method. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow and Substance, 1860

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, A Bird of Prey
A Bird of Prey. A villainous looking man with hands in pockets, walking the streets of London casts the shadow of a vulture upon the wall behind him

Origin Species, CH Bennett, man on holiday - cock
Cock-a-doodle-do. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of man on holiday from a cock. His nose is a beak, his beard once a cox comb

Marabou Storks - diagram
Marabou Storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) - diagram

Marabou Stork

A pair of long-eared owls, one large, one small, inside a shallow alcove in Paradise Park, a wildlife sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall. The long-eared owl is medium-sized

A pair of young Little Owls. This small owl was introduced to the UK in the 19th century. It can be seen in the daylight, usually perching on a tree branch, telegraph pole or rock

The Vultures & Pigeons
THE VULTURES AND THE PIGEONS The vultures fight each other and tear with beak and talon; the pigeons attempt to be peacemakers and succeed, but then are themselves attacked

Cormorant & the Fishes
THE CORMORANT & THE FISHES The cormorant, having told the fish he would ferry them to safety in his beak, eats them at his leisure

Chichen Itza / Bird Relief
A bas-relief of a bird from the tomb of Chaacmol, excavated by Auguste Le Plongeon at Chichen Itza

Chick hatching from an egg with a letter in its beak
A yellow chick hatches from an egg with a letter in its beak, to say Happy Easter

Apostles Peter & John
converting the heathen in Samaria : the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, is in attendance, carrying a Holy Sacrament in its beak

Dancing at Blanchard s
Dining and dancing at Blanchards in Beak Street, London : you need to be a member - four guineas subscription

A Cheeky Chick
A cheeky chick thumbs his beak at another who is putting on airs

Kingfisher / Morris
A kingfisher sitting on a thin branch. (Alcedo ispida)

Aristocrat and Beggars
The aristocratic peacock turns up his beak when importuned by beggarly rats

Five shrikes perched on a bush -- lanius rufus (1, 2 & 3) and lanius collurio (4 & 5). The shrike is also known as a butcher bird, because it skewers the insects

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