Bird Of Prey Collection

Falconry equipment
Plate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)

Accipiter gentilis, northern goshawk, Accipiter cooperii, Co
Plate 141 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

Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon
A peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight. The peregrine falcon can be seen in most parts of the UK except around london and the home counties. They breed in rocky cliffs and uplands

Accipiter striatus, sharp-shinned hawk
Plate 374 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Nyctea scandiaca, snowy owl
Plate 34 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Falco sparverius, American kestrel
Plate 142 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

Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon
Plate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)

Aquila chrysaetus, golden eagle
Plate 78 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Phalcoboenus australis, striated caracara
Ff. 37. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Falco harpe mas junior and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Pandion haliaetus, osprey
Plate 15 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Circus aeruginosus, marsh harrier
Plate 73 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Haliaetus leucocephalus, bald eagle
Plate 31 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

Andean condor and southern crested caracara
Andean condor, Le condor, Vultur gryphus 2, and le cara-cara, southern crested caracara, Caracara plancus 1

Bearded eagle and Eurasia griffon
Bearded eagle, Gypaetus barbatus, and Eurasia griffon, Gyps fulvus. Le griffon, Vultur barbatus, Le percnoptere, Vultur fulvus

Osprey and white-tailed eagle
Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, and white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla. Le balbusard, Falco haliaetus, l'orfraie, Falco ossifragus

Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos 1, 2. L'aigle commun, Falco fulvus, le grand aigle, Falco chrysaetos

Greater spotted eagle and bald eagle
Greater spotted eagle, Clanga clanga, and bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Le petit aigle, Falco naevius, la pigargue, Falco ossifragus)

Western marsh harrier and short-toed snake eagle
Western marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus, and short-toed snake eagle, Circaetus gallicus. La harpaye, Falco rufus, Jean le blanc, Falco gallicus

Birds of prey. Raubvoegel

Orders of Birds: kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, vulnerable snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus, greater blue-eared starling, Lamprotornis chalybaeus, great hornbill, Buceros bicornis, European green woodpecker

Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus ginginianus. Gingi vulture, le vautour de gingi, coast of Coromandel

Barn owl, Tyto alba
Species of owl, possibly the barn owl, Tyto alba. De Avibus, de Ulula

Endangered saker falcon, Falco cherrug
Species of falcon, possibly the endangered saker falcon, Falco cherrug. De Avibus, de Falcone cui pedes caerulei, cyanopoda dixeris

Little owl, Athene noctua (Noctua saxatalis). De Avibus

Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus. De Tinnunculo accipitre

Common buzzard, Buteo buteo. Poiana comune in Italian. Buteonibus testes terni

Merlin, Falco columbarius. Faucon emerillon

Species of hunting hawk, possibly the sparrowhawk or peregrine f
Species of hawk, possibly the Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, or peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus. With bells on its feet. De Avibus, Falcones, sparverium, naba, basi, albazi, mar an bas

Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo. De Avibus

Endangered Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus
Endangered Egyptian vulture or white scavenger vulture, Neophron percnopterus, Aquila percnopterus. De Aquila heteropode

Spotted eagle, Clanga clanga. Vulnerable. De Avibus, de Aquila anataria. Aquila planga, Aquila clanga, Plaintive Eagle, Aquila naevia

Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos. De Aquila germana (quamherodium albertus, Aelianus chrysaeton & stellarem)

Title page with vignette of hawk from Conrad Gessner's Historiae
Title page with vignette of a species of hawk, possibly the Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, or peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus, with bells on its feet

White owl or barn owl, Tyto alba, perched on a rock
White owl or barn owl, Tyto alba, Strix flammea, perched on a rock. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from J.M

Juan I of Aragon - the Hunter or the Lover of all Elegance
Juan I of Aragon, called the Hunter or the Lover of all Elegance (1350-1396). King of Aragon, Valencia, Mallorca, Sardinia and Corsica, and Count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Sardinia (1387-1396)

Caracara plancus, southern caracara
Ff. 33. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Strix aluco, tawny owls
Plate 4 from a collection of original drawings of birds. Watercolour on paper c.1788 by Sarah Stone (c.1760-1844). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1788

Aetobatus narinari, spotted eagle ray
LS Plate 190 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

Falco vespertinus, red-footed falcon
Plate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Falco subbuteo, Eurasian hobby
Plate 18 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Tyto alba, barn owl
A mounted specimen of a barn owl (Tyto alba). Barn owls are well distributed in Europe, South America, U.S.A, Africa and Australia. There are 35 subspecies

Strix aluco, tawny owl
Plate 68 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Display of bird feet at the Natural History Museum, London
Exhibit featuring the feet of an osprey (Pandion haliaeetus). In the Bird Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Falco pelegrinoides, barbary falcon
Three barbary falcon egg specimens

Owls and Sparrow hawk
Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 1824. Hand-coloured engraving. Date: 1824

Maternal Courage
Plate 14 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Falco longipennis, Australian hobby
Watercolour 105 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Lunated Falcon, Goo-roo-wang

Athene blewitti, forest owlet
Donated to the Museum in 1954 by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, it was discovered that he had in fact stolen the specimen from the Museum and changed its label

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

Red owl, warbling flycatcher, purple finch, brown lark
Page 82 from A. Wilsons American Ornithology, (1835). Annotated Red owl, Warbling flycatcher, Purple finch, Brown lark

Owl De Ulula
Illustration of Owl De Ulula by Konrad Gesner (1516-1565)

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

Gypaetos barbatus, lammergeier
Plate 1, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owl
This owl, native only to New Zealand, became extinct in c. 1914, probably due to deforestation and the disappearance of its favourite prey the Kiori rat. Artist unknown

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

Pluvalis squatarola, grey plover and other owls
Large Series plate 6, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Buteo lagopus, rough-legged buzzard
Plate 7 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ketupa zeylonensis, brown fish owl
Plate 3, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Falco tinnunculus, common ketsrel, Aviceda leuphotes, black
Large Series plate 1, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Buteo buteo, Eurasian buzzard
Plate 6 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Circus aeruginosus, western marsh harrier
Plate 24 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Otus scops, Eurasian scops owl
Plate 33 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Falco subbuteo, hobby, Terpsiphone sp. Paradise-flycatcher
Large Series plate 3, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Milvus migrans, black kite
Plate 23 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

LS Plate 7 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 7, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Otus bakkamoena, collared scops owl

Athene noctua, little owl
Plate 37 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Aquila clanga, greater spotted eagle
Plate 3 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Accipiter badius, shikra
Plate 2, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Neophron percnopterus, Egyptian vulture
Plate 1 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Circus melanoleucos, pied harrier
Plate 1, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Asio flammeus, short-eared owl
Plate 32 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Circus macrorus, pallid harrier
Plate 27 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Elanoides forficatus, swallow-tailed kite
Plate 4, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Falco peregrinus, falcon
A watercolour by William MacGillivray, 1839. Original artwork held in the Natural History Museum, London, 545 x 750 mm

Falco biarmicus, lanner falcon
Plate from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1, (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Erythrotriorchis radiatus, red goshawk
Watercolour 101 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Radiated Falcon

Ketupa flavipes, tawny fish owl
Plate 30, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Polyboroides typus, African harrier-hawk
An African harrier-hawk (Polyboroides typus) walking along a branch

Cathartes aura, turkey-vulture
Feathers from a turkey-vulture (Cathartes aura). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Buteo buteo, common buzzard
A common buzzard (Buteo buteo), taken by an unknown photographer

Asio flammeus galapagoensis, short-eared owl
Plate, 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)

Polyboroides radiatus, Madagascan harrier-hawk

Collection of stuffed birds
Case of stuffed bird specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

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