Berry Collection (page 8)

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

Rubus cuneifolius, blackberry
Sketch 23 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Crataegus phaenopyrum (L. f. ), Washington hawthorn
Sketch 19 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Coccothraustes coccothraustes, hawfinch
Plate 40 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, common redstart
Plate 51 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Billardiera scandens, apple-berry
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Carduelis cannabina, common linnet
Plate 49 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Berry Fruit
Plate 46 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Fruits en Baies (grangeur naturelle)

Ilex sp
Illustration of Holly by Mary E. Eaton (1873-1961)

Leptocoma zeylonica, purple-rumped sunbird
Plate 57, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Four varieties of strawberry
Plate 2 from Pomona Britannica (1812) by George Brookshaw.. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Turdus pilaris, fieldfare, Turdus iliacus, redwing
Plate 2 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Viburnum lantana, wayfaring tree
The berries of a wayfaring tree (Viburnum sp.) growing within the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden. Photographed by Derek Adams, July 2003

A Dodder-like climber and a harmless snake
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Ratufa macroura, grizzled giant squirrel
Sciurus Macrouru (Pennant), Detail of Plate 102 from the Loten Collection (1754-57), a painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781)

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bowerbird
Plate 11, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.4, (1840-1848)

Taxus sp. yew
Yew berries and seeds which are known to contain the alkaloid taxine and are poisonous

Emberiza citrinella, yellowhammer
Plate 178 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Parus palustris, marsh tit
Plate 180 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Sorbus aucuparia, rowan
Rowan tree with ripe fruit growing in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden. Photo taken in July 2001

Sphyrapicus varius, yellow-bellied sapsucker
Plate 190 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Sylvia Carbanta, carbonated warbler
Plate 60 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

Ilex aquifolium L. Houx commum, holly
An illustrative plate depicting holly tree foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Dendroica striata, blackpoll warbler
Plate 133 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Catharus fuscescens, veery
Plate 164 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Pheucticus ludovicianus, rose-breasted grosbeak
Plate 127 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Coffea canephora Pierrre ex Fr-hner with ripe berries growing in a shade coffee farm in El Salvador

Coffea arabica (coffee plant)
A coffee (Coffea arabica) plant in a shade coffee plantation in El Salvador

Vermivora ruficapilla, Nashville warbler
Plate 89 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

Hylocichla mustelina, wood thrush
Plate 73 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

Empidonax virescens, acadian flycatcher
Plate 144 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Spizella arborea, American tree sparrow
Plate 188 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Parus hudsonicus, boreal chickadee
Plate 194 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Helmitheros vermivoru, worm-eating warbler
Plate 34 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

Vermivora peregrina, Tennessee warbler
Plate 154 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Lanius excubitor, great grey shrike
Plate 192 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Catharus guttatus, hermit thrush
Plate 58 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

Melospiza melodia, song sparrow
Plate 25 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

Spizella pusilla, field sparrow
Plate 139 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Melocanna baccifera, berry bamboo
Plate 1050 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Loriculus vernalis, vernal hanging parrot
Plate 8, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Dendroica pinus, pine warbler
Plate 61, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Cyanocitta cristata, blue jay
Plate 15, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Parus carolinensis, Carolina chickadee
Plate 63, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Sixteen varieties of gooseberries

Ilex aquifolium, holly
View of holly with berries covered in snow, in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden, January 2003

Sorbus aucuparia, rowan tree
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Rubus sp. raspberry
Illustration of raspberries by George Brookshaw, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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