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Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstonePlate 72, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Parula americana, northern parulaPlate 64, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Coereba flaveola bahamensis, bananaquitPlate 59, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Junco hyemalis, dark-eyed juncoPlate 36, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Pandion haliaetus, ospreyPlate 15 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Lanius minor, lesser grey shrike, Lanius senator, woodchat sPlate 32 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Sula leucogaster, brown boobyPlate 87, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Vanellus miles, masked lapwingDrawing No. 52, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Amazona leucopcephala, Cuban parrotPlate 10, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Setophaga ruticilla, American redstartPlate 67, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Arenaria interpres, Pluvialis apricaria, Pluvialis squatarolPlate 139 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 3 (1926)
Passer iagoensis, Cape Verde sparrowPlate 31, hand 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
Ducula zoeae, banded imperial pigeonPlate 39 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia
Dendroica dominica, yellow-throated warblerPlate 62, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Rynchops niger, black skimmerPlate 90, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Somatera mollissma, common eiderPlate 7 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Watercolour 63 from the Watling CollectionWatercolour 63 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
Bucephala albeola, buffleheadPlate 98, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Paradisaea rubra, red bird-of-paradisePlate 6 from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rocliers, Vol.1, (1806)
Ibidorhyncha struthersii, ibisbillPlate 82, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal
Amazilia violiceps, violet-crowned hummingbirdPlate 285, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Lorius lori, black-capped loryPlate 75 from Christian Ludwig Brehms Monographie der Papageien (1855)
Houbaropsis bengalensis, Bengal floricanPlate 41, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal
Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Eurasian bullfinchA male Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Pyrrhula pyrrhula, bullfinchA female bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Streptopelia senegalensis, laughing dovePlate 22, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Dedroica magnolia, magnolia warbler
Chloebia gouldiae, Gouldian finchSpecimen of a male Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae) specimen. This species occurs in tropical northern Australia
Eudynamys scolopaceus, common koelPlate 26, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Regulus satrapa, golden-crowned kingletWatercolour drawing by John Abbot from his Birds of Georgia, (1827)
Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasantPlate 64 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Loddigesia mirabilis, marvellous spatuletailPlate 161, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.3, (1849-61)
Thalurania furcata refulgens, fork-tailed woodnymphPlate 102, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.2, (1849-61)
Calidris alpina, dunlinPlate 290 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
Pluvialis dominica, American golden ploverPlate 300 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
Fratercula arctica, Atlantic puffinWatercolour by Henrik Gr ld (c. 1926)
Vanellus vanellus, northern lapwing, Turdus torquatus, ringWatercolour by Henry Payne (c. 1920)
Uria lomvia, Brunnichs guillemot, U. aalge, guillemotWatecolour by Archilbald Thornburn
Parus caeruleus, blue tits (subspecies from the Canary IslanWatercolour by Henrik Gr ld c. (1920). Subspecies from top to bottom: degener, teneriffae, palmensis, ambriosus
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Fiordland penguinWatercolour and pencil by Richard Laishley (c. 1863-83)
Nycticryphes semicollaris, South American painted snipeWatercolour and pencil by Elizabeth Gould (c. 1835), this was drawn from a specimen held by the Zoological Society of London
Alcedo hercules, great blue kingfisherAn illustration by an unknown artist, (c. 1830-40). Part of the Jardine Collection
Silhouette of a military manFull-length silhouette of a military man with a riding crop tucked under his arm
Silhouette of a man in tailcoat and spectaclesFull-length silhouette of a plump man in tailcoat and spectacles, reminiscent of Mr Pickwick
Women of the Ouled-Nails resting, AlgeriaWomen of the Ouled-Nails resting and drinking tea. Women from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing
Biskra - Street of Ouled NailsThe houses of the Ouled Nails, Biskra, Algeria. The women of the Ouled-Nails earned money through belly dancing. The women are heavily made-up, going unveiled at all times and wear their hair up
The houses of the Ouled Nails, AlgeriaThe houses of the Ouled Nails, Biskra, Algeria. The women of the Ouled-Nails earned money through belly dancing. The women are heavily made-up, going unveiled at all times and wear their hair up
Ouled-Nahils, Algeria - Southern Algerian WomanWoman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing