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Cinclus cinclus, white-throated dipperPlate 122 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Lophura nycthemera, silver pheasantLarge Series plate 51, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Harpactes diardi, Diards trogonPlate 36, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or family of Trogons, (1838)
Pericrocotus flammeues, scarlet minivetPlate 40, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Cicinnurus regus, king bird-of-paradisePlate 74, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Balistoides conspicillum, clown triggerfishLS Plate 178 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Nestor meridionalis, kakaFf. 14, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Harpactes reinwardtii mackloti, red-billed trogonPlate 45, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or family of Trogons, (1838)
Aythya fuligula, tufted duckPlate 23 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Urocissa erythrorhyncha, red-billed blue magpieLarge Series plate 8, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Prosobonia leucoptera, Tahiti sandpiper
Aythya nyroca, ferruginous duckPlate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Plate 98 by William EllisPlate 98 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)
Caranx melampygus, bluefin trevallyFf. 95 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Terpsiphone bourbonnensis, Leptocoma zeylonicaPlate 42, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Siganus punctatus, goldspotted spinefootFf. 199. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Trogon violaceus ramonianus, violaceous trogonPlate 18, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or family of Trogons, (1838)
Emberiza melanocephala, black-headed buntingPlate 28 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Gymnothorax ocellatus, Caribbean ocellated morayFf. 2 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Priotelus roseigaster, Hispaniolan trogonPlate 32, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or family of Trogons, (1838)
Harpactes orrhophaeus, cinnamon-rumped trogonPlate 41, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or family of Trogons, (1838)
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, mocking cliffchatPlate 91, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Lonchura sp. muniaPlate 76, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Vini australis, blue-crowned lorikeetFf. 13, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Apaloderma narina, Narinas trogonHand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or family of Trogons, (1838)
Pipilo fuscus, canyon towhee, pipilo erythropthalmus, easterPlate 34, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Trogon ardens, Philippine trogonHand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or Family of Trogons, Plate 35 (1838)
Pharomachrus mocinno, resplendent quetzalHand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or Family of Trogons, (1838)
Merops apiaster, European bee-eaterPlate 144 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Paroaria coronata, red-crested cardinalPlate 157 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Manorina melanophrys, bell minerPlate 80, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.4, (1840-1848)
Riparia riparia, sand martinPlate 128 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Carduelis carduelis, European goldfinchPlate 155 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Oenanthe oenanthe, northern wheatearPlate 187 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Cuculus canorus, common cuckooPlate 139 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Thraupis bonariensis darwinii, blue-and-yellow tanagerHand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41). This is not one of Darwins finches
Miliaria calandra, corn buntingPlate 154 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Podogymnura truei, Mindanao gymnureVentral view of a male Mindanao gymnure skin specimen, collected from Mount Apo, Mindanao, Philippines
Northiella haematogaster, bluebonnetSpecimen of a bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster). It inhabits inland regions of south-east Australia
Motacilla alba yarrelli, pied wagtailPlate 130 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Lichenostomus keartlandi, grey-fronted honeyeaterPlate 40, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.4, (1840-1848)
Certhia familiaris, Eurasian treecreeperPlate 145 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Pitangus sulphuratus, great kiskadeeA male specimen of the great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) held at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Plate 29 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand BauerGaston Tissandier. Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Gaston Tissandier. Date between 1880 and 1900
Amandava amandava, red avadavatWatercolour by Frederick Ditmas (c. 1840)
Melanochlora sultanea, sultan titPlate 51 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 2, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Aythya collaris, ring-necked duckPlate 234 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