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Beak Collection (page 4)

Background imageBeak Collection: Jack May & Tony Sarg at Murrays Club, 1914

Jack May & Tony Sarg at Murrays Club, 1914
Jack May, manager of Murrays nightclub in Beak Street, London (opened 1913) tops up the glass of champagne of the artist Tony Sarg at the club

Background imageBeak Collection: Snowy Owl - juvenile (a fledgling) - threatens

Snowy Owl - juvenile (a fledgling) - threatens a visitor by opening & clicking its beak - adults are watching from a distance. (Nyctea scandiaca). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Background imageBeak Collection: Stranded Rissos dolphin - Head standing, playing

Stranded Rissos dolphin - Head standing, playing out of the water. Scarring is believed to be made by the teeth of other Rissos dolphins or by their squid prey. (Grampus griseus)

Background imageBeak Collection: Bottlenose dolphin - at water surface, close-up of face

Bottlenose dolphin - at water surface, close-up of face (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Background imageBeak Collection: Bottlenose dolphin - underwater

Bottlenose dolphin - underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Background imageBeak Collection: Bottlenose Dolphin - at surface

Bottlenose Dolphin - at surface (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Background imageBeak Collection: Black-tailed Godwit - nervous about intruders

Black-tailed Godwit - nervous about intruders on his breeding territory on a typical marsh near river Bolshoi Ugan (Limosa limosa)

Background imageBeak Collection: Bottlenose DOLPHIN - x two close-up

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - x two close-up (Tursiops truncatus). smiling

Background imageBeak Collection: Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two facing camera

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two facing camera (Tursiops truncatus )

Background imageBeak Collection: Ostrich - close up of head & neck

Ostrich - close up of head & neck (Struthio carnelus)

Background imageBeak Collection: Decorated totem pole, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA

Decorated totem pole, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Decorated totem pole in Ketchikan, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBeak Collection: Various birds

Various birds: a snipe, a pelican with a fish in its beak, an ibis before the pyramids, a penguin, a stormy petrel, and a swan

Background imageBeak Collection: Nursery Rhymes -- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go

Nursery Rhymes -- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go. A white cat catches Uncle Rat (above), and a white goose catches the Frog (below). Date: early 20th century

Background imageBeak Collection: Chocolate box design, kingfishers

Chocolate box design, kingfishers
Chocolate box design, featuring kingfishers, the one in the middle with a fish in its beak. Date: 20th century

Background imageBeak Collection: Cartoon, German officer and Turk as animals, WW1

Cartoon, German officer and Turk as animals, WW1
Satirical cartoon depicting a German officer and a Turk as animals during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageBeak Collection: Two owls on a Christmas card

Two owls on a Christmas card, with envelopes in their beaks. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBeak Collection: Westland Scout AH1 of 653 Squadron Army Air Corps

Westland Scout AH1 of 653 Squadron Army Air Corps during Evercise Horn Beak in the French Pyrenees. January 1974. Date: 1974

Background imageBeak Collection: Design for Sketches with white birds

Design for Sketches with white birds. Watercolour on cartridge paper. circa 1925

Background imageBeak Collection: Aptenodytes fosteri, emperor penguin

Aptenodytes fosteri, emperor penguin
This emperor penguin, one of the earliest to come to Britain, was one of the many specimens collected by James Clark Ross Antarctic expedition between 1839 and 1843

Background imageBeak Collection: Harpia harpyja, harpy eagle

Harpia harpyja, harpy eagle
A specimen of a harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Background imageBeak Collection: Fregilupus varius

Fregilupus varius specimen collected in Reunion

Background imageBeak Collection: Phalacrocorax perspecillatus, spectacled cormorant

Phalacrocorax perspecillatus, spectacled cormorant
Phalacrocorax perspecillatus is an extinct species of cormorant, discovered in the Bering Sea. It became extinct c. 1850

Background imageBeak Collection: Fregilupus varius, reunion starling

Fregilupus varius, reunion starling
The reunion starling is an extinct bird native to the Mascarenes. It became extinct c. 1860

Background imageBeak Collection: Marinavis longirostris

Marinavis longirostris
Fossil fragments from Abbey Wood. Specimens are beak fragments (BMNH A 4267 holotype and BMNH A 4268 paratype), a wing fragment, and a carpometacarpus (BMNH A 4233)

Background imageBeak Collection: Dacela novaeguineae, laughing kookaburra

Dacela novaeguineae, laughing kookaburra
Watercolour 159 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great Brown Kingfisher, Goo-ge-na-gan

Background imageBeak Collection: Malacorhynchus membranaceus, pink-eared duck

Malacorhynchus membranaceus, pink-eared duck
Watercolour 92 by Thomas Wattling from the Watling Collection titled the Mandibles of a very curious creature

Background imageBeak Collection: Phaethon rubricauda, red-tailed tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda, red-tailed tropicbird
Watercolour 360 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Red-tailed Tropic-bird

Background imageBeak Collection: Ara severus, chestnut-fronted maccaw

Ara severus, chestnut-fronted maccaw
Plate 229, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 1 (1758)

Background imageBeak Collection: Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus, rainbow lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus, rainbow lorikeet
Watercolour 125 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Red-breasted or Blue-bellied Parrot, Goeril

Background imageBeak Collection: Aquila audax, wedge-tailed eagle

Aquila audax, wedge-tailed eagle
Watercolour 95 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Bold Vulture, Boo-ro-ma-rang

Background imageBeak Collection: Taxostoma rufum, brown thrasher

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

Background imageBeak Collection: Cacatua sulphurea, yellow-crested cockatoo

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)

Background imageBeak Collection: Bubo bubo, Eurasian eagle-owl

Bubo bubo, Eurasian eagle-owl
Plate 38 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imageBeak Collection: Pernis apivorus, European honey buzzard

Pernis apivorus, European honey buzzard
Plate 11 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imageBeak Collection: Anas clypeata, northern shoveller

Anas clypeata, northern shoveller

Background imageBeak Collection: Tadorna tadorna, common shelduck

Tadorna tadorna, common shelduck
Plate 11 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageBeak Collection: Anser fabalis, bean goose

Anser fabalis, bean goose
Plate 2 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageBeak Collection: Sarkidiornis melanotus, comb duck

Sarkidiornis melanotus, comb duck
Plate 95, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageBeak Collection: Aratinga strenua, Pacific parakeet

Aratinga strenua, Pacific parakeet
Plate 26 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageBeak Collection: Porphyrio porphirio poliocephalus, purple swamphen

Porphyrio porphirio poliocephalus, purple swamphen
Plate 93, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageBeak Collection: Cygnus cygnus, whooper swan

Cygnus cygnus, whooper swan
Plate 9 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageBeak Collection: Nestor meridionalis, kaka

Nestor meridionalis, kaka
Ff. 14, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Background imageBeak Collection: Sula dactylatra, masked booby

Sula dactylatra, masked booby
Ff. 107. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Pelecannus piscator and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageBeak Collection: Probosciger aterrimus, palm cockatoo

Probosciger aterrimus, palm cockatoo
Plate 42, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Background imageBeak Collection: Psittacula sp. parakeet

Psittacula sp. parakeet
Plate 47, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China. The plant is Solanum sp

Background imageBeak Collection: Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstone and other birds

Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstone and other birds
Large Series plate 15, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Background imageBeak Collection: Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus, red-faced malkoha

Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus, red-faced malkoha
Plate 24, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageBeak Collection: Lorius lory, black-capped lory

Lorius lory, black-capped lory
Plate 17, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)



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