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Phoenicopterus ruber ruber, greater flamingoWatercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever
Cepphus grylle, black guillemotPlate 219 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
Lophura leucomelana, kalij pheasantA watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)
Sericulus aureus, flame bowerbirdPlate 48 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 1 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph
Amandava amandava, red avadavatWatercolour by Frederick Ditmas (c. 1840)
Progne subis, purple martin
Elanoides forficatus, American swallow-tailed kitePlate 72 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
Tichodroma muraria, wallcreeperA watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)
Historia Naturalis Title PageThe title page from Historia Naturalis (Natural History) by Pliny the Elder. This 1st edition was published in Venice in 1469. Incunabulum, illuminated with watercolour and gold paint. 400mm x 270 mm
Ramphastos vitellinus, channel-billed toucanOriginal oil painting on canvas by Nicholas Aylward Vigors, (1831). 48cm x 62cm
Arborophila torqueola, common hill partridgeA watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)
Oceandroma leucorhoa, Leachs storm-petrelPlate 260 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
Fregata magnificens, magnificent frigatebirdPlate 271 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
Passerculus sandwichensis, Savannah sparrowPlate 109 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
Collection birds eggsPlate 58 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn
Calyptorhynchus lathami, glossy black cockatooDrawing No. 60, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Pelecanus conspicillatus, white pelicanDrawing No. 41, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Podargus strigoides, tawny frogmouthWatercolour 296 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great-headed Goatsucker
Falco tinnunculus, common kestrelPlate 14 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Corvus corax, common ravenPlate 28 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Falco peregrinus, peregrine palconPlate 9 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Tetrao tetrix, black grousePlate 16 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Picus major, great spotted woodpeckerA watercolour by Pieter Holsteyn the elder (c. 1580-1662). Original artwork (141mm-181mm)
Cochoa purpurea, purple cochoaPlate 229, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal
Ptilinopus wallacii, Wallaces fruit-dovePlate 55 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 5 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph
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)
Ramphastos tucanus, white-throated toucanWatercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever
Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasantPlate 64 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Picoides villosus, Picoides tridactylus, Picoides pubescensPlate 417 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
Sterna nilotica, gull-billed ternPlate 410 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
Eudocimus ruber, scarlet IbisPlate 397 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
Bycanistes brevis, silvery-cheeked hornbillWatercolour and pencil by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1940). One of twenty-three species of hornbill found in Africa
Fratercula arctica, Atlantic puffinWatercolour by Henrik Gr ld (c. 1926)
Tadorna cristata, crested shelduckWatercolour by Shigeru Kobayashi (c. 1920)
Francolinus schlegeli, Schlegels FrancolinWatercolour by Henry Jones (c. 1920)
Vanellus vanellus, northern lapwing, Turdus torquatus, ringWatercolour by Henry Payne (c. 1920)
Delichon urbica, house martinWatercolour by Henrik Gr ld (1924-5)
Phasianus colchicus, common pheasantWatercolour by Frederick William Frohawk (1930). From Birds The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick, 2004
Ducula pacifica, Macropygia mackinlayi, Columba vitiensisWatercolour by Thomas Theodore Barnard (1922)
Bubo bubo, northern eagle-owlWatercolour and pencil by Edward Julius Detmold (c. 1930)
Merops albicollis, white-throated bee-eaterWatercolour by Chloe Elizabeth Talbot Kelly (1960)
Casuarius unappendiculatus, northern cassowaryWatercolour by Henrik Gr ld (1915). This large flightless bird is native to New Guinea and Australia
Picus viridis, green woodpeckerPencil and monochrome wash by Frederick William Frohawk sketched from life as seen through a telescope, (c. 1920)
Corvus corax, northern ravenWatercolour by Archibald Thorburn c.(1885-97)
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