Bill Collection (#18)

Chlidonias hybrida, whiskered tern
Plate 77 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Paradisaea minor, lesser bird-of-paradise
Plate 11, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Pachyptila belcheri, slender-billed prion
Ff. 43, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Larus fuscus, lesser black-backed gull
Plate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Chalcophaps indica, emerald dove
Plate 82, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Turdus torquatus, ring-ouzel
Plate 38 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Larus minutus, little gull
Plate 66 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Terpsiphone bourbonnensis, Leptocoma zeylonica
Plate 42, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Nucifraga caryocatactes, Eurasian nutcracker
Plate 65 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Tringa erythropus, spotted redshank
Plate 55 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Collection of mixed dead birds
Plate 65, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Larus ridibundus, common black-headed gull
Plate 64 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Philesternus carrunculatus, saddleback
Ff. 73, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

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)

Limosa lapponica, bar-tailed godwit
Plate 51 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Scolopax rusticola, Eurasian woodcock
Plate 77 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Philesturnus carunculatus, saddleback
Ff. 144. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Sturnus carunculatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Botaurus stellaris, Eurasian bittern

Ptilinopus purpuratus, grey-green fruit dove
Ff. 140. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Columba porphyracra and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Camarhynchus crassirostris, vegetarian finch
Plate 41, 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). Finch from the Galapagos Islands

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae, red-necked avocet
Watercolour 334 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled American Avoset

Ara macao, scarlet maccaw
Plate from William Hayes Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, With Their Descriptions, From the Menagery of Osterley Park, London, (1794)

Stagonopleura bella, beautiful firetail
Watercolour 242 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Nitid Grosbeak

Pteroglossus sp. toucan
Plate 64, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Natural History of Uncommon Birds, Vol. 2 (1747). Annotated Brazilian toucan

Larus novaehollandiae, silver gull
Watercolour 347 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Crimson-billed Gull

Ramphostos toco, toco toucan
Plate 6, hand coloured lithograph by Edward Lear (1833) from John Goulds A Monograph of the Ramphastid, or family of Toucans (1834)

Pteroglossus inscriptus humboldti, lettered aracari
Plate 22, hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter from John Goulds A Monograph of the Ramphastid, or family of Toucans, 2nd edition, (1854)

Geospiza difficilis, sharp-beaked ground finch with labels
A specimen of a sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) collected by Dr. A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Geospiza scandens, common actus finch
A specimen of a common cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Pezoporus occidentalis, night parrot
Plate 66 from John Goulds The Birds of Australia (1840-48). Supplementary volume. Hand coloured lithograph

Philomachus pugnax, ruff
Plate 87, hand coloured engraving from Eleazar Albins A Natural History of Birds, (1734)

Camarhynchus psittacula habeli, large tree finch
A specimen of a large tree finch (Camarhynchus psittacula) collected by Dr A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Geospiza magnirostris, large ground finch
A specimen of a large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Geospiza fortis, medium ground finch
A specimen of a medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

A Nodde
A pencil sketch from the Drawings Collection of Thomas Malie (1726-42)

Haustellum haustellum, snipes bill murex
A pair of snipes bill murex (Haustellum haustellum ). This marine Gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific near Japan

Hummingbirds in a cabinet
One of twenty-four images detailing specimens inside the hummingbird cabinet in the Natural History Museums Bird Gallery

Watercolour of a bird by Olivia Fanny Tonge
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge. 180mm x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Psittacula krameri, rose-ringed parakeet
Plate 56 from Parrots in Captivity 1 (1884-87) by William Thomas Greene

Merops apiaster, European bee-eater
Plate 144 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Ptiloris paradiseus, paradise riflebird
Plate 100, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.4, (1840-1848)

Ichthyornis dispar, cretaceous bird
Painting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)

Loxia curvirostra, red crossbill
Plate 152 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Turdus merula, Eurasian blackbird
Plate 185 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

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