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Four members of the Corvidae family -- a raven (corvus corax) and three crows (corvus corone, corvus cornix and corvus frugilegus)
Toulouse geese with dewlap, cock and hen. Oie de Toulouse a bavette, Anser anser domesticus. Bred by James Watts, winners of five first prizes
New Zealand Kingfisher (young and adult)New Zealand Kingfisher Kotare, Todiramphus sanctus vagnas (young and adult). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 13 Date: 1888
Nyctea scandiaca, snowy owlPlate 34 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Psittacula eupatria, Alexandrine parakeetPlate 8, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Raphus cucullatus, dodoA mounted specimen of the extinct flightless bird, the dodo (Raphus cucullatus). The dodo lived on the island of Mauritius and became extinct during the late 1600s
Raphus solitarius, Reunion white dodoPlate 25 from Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World (1907) by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild
Colaptes auratus, northern flickerPlate 37 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
Falco sparverius, American kestrelPlate 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, gyrfalconPlate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)
Alopochen aegyptiaca, Egyptian goosePlate 5 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Nyctanassa violacea, yellow-crowned night heronPlate 79, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Pinguinus impennis, great auk1 of 6 shots of Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century
Caprimulgus vociferus, whip-poor-willPlate 82 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
Callipepla californica, Californian quailPlate 413 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
Two girls with their chickensTwo sister with their chicks circa 1880
Swans in a punt at HenleyA punt load of swans, and two cygnets, about to be transported higher up the River Thames for their safety, in preparation for the annual Henley Regatta in early July
Military spy - a camera carrying pigeonA pigeon as a military spy. A camera small enough to be attached on a bird to capture ariel images, ideal for war time spying. The camera is automatic and takes a photograph at regular intervals
1920s music sheetLavish illustration by H.H. Harris on a music sheet showing a red-haired flapper girl and humming bird
Humanised turkey in the role of a bankerA humanised turkey dressed in a suit, cast in the role of a fat banker, surrounded by bags of money
A robin perched on the sculpture of a child leaning on an open book, on the grave of Antony David Hellyer (d.1939) and Maude Maria Hellyer in the west cemetery Highgate Cemetery, Hampstead, London
Wagner / Schalk / LeipzigRICHARD WAGNER German composer and his son, Siegfried, slay the Critic Dragon and gain the treasure it was guarding, in a parody of the Nibelungen story
Poe / Poem / The Raven / C19ThQuoth the raven, Nevermore
Mocking Bird (Card)(Mimus polyglottus) An American bird renowned for its vocal powers
Passenger Pigeon-ExtinctPASSENGER PIGEON (Ectopistes migratorius) Probably once the most numerous bird on Earth, the Pigeon became extinct in 1914
Humming Bird Silk PrintDecorative silk print showing two green birds (possibly Humming Birds) nest building
White Wyandotte cock and hen
Light Sussex Cock, HenLight Sussex cock and hen
Poe / Raven Flies In / DoreA stately Raven of the saintly days of yore flies in through an open window
Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own Natural History of British Birds, London, 1794-1819
Pharomacrus mocinno, resplendent quetzal
Carduelis psaltria, Icterus galbula, I. Bullockii, Seiurus nPlate 433 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
A skylark soars above the trees 2011
Cage Bird ReleasedThe cage-bird released
Illustration, Clicko the pink cockatoo, sitting on his perch. Date: 1912
Bombycilla cedrorum, cedar waxwingPlate 43 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
Sturnella magna, eastern meadowlarkPlate 136 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
Grey-rumped Tree SwiftIllustration of a Grey-rumped Tree Swift by William Swainson (1789-1855)
Egretta garzetta, little egretA watercolour by James Hope Stewart, c. 1825-35. From Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library
Two men shooting in Scotland, possibly on the Balmoral estate. One of them is wearing a kilt
Edward Vii / Shooting 1890EDWARD VII as Prince of Wales shooting pheasant
Ramphastos vitillenus, channel-billed toucan
Malcolm Campbell with his Bluebird car, 1933Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948), British racing motorist and motoring journalist, with the Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird (Blue Bird II)
Alice in Wonderland, Alice in the Pool of TearsAlice in Wonderland -- Alice swims with various birds and animals in the Pool of Tears. Date: early 20th century
Juan Fernandez firecrown, Sephanoides fernandensis (female). Critically endangered. (Stokes hummingbird, Trochilus stokesii)
Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty BlackbirdsSilhouette, Nursery Rhyme, Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. 20th century
Oiseaux - birdsVariety of birds, including ostriches, pelicans, kiwi, heron and toucan. Date: 1930
Hunting Party, 1775, by Francisco de GoyaFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. Hunting Party, 1775. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain