Birds Collection (page 8)

Anas erythrorhyncha, red-billed duck
Ff. 73. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas pyrrhoryncha and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Vermivora bachmanii, Bachmans warbler
Plate 185 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

Augustus H. Bishop with elephant tusks, May 1912
Augustus Bishop arrived at the Museum in 1904, aged 23, after three years training as a taxidermist

Sula capensis, Cape Gannet
Plate 2 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Entomyzon cyanotis, blue-faced honeyeater
Drawing No. 49, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Common Shelduck
Illustration of a Common Shelduck by Peter Pallou

Gaggle of Geese
A gaggle of five geese. Date: 1960s

Swan Among Reeds
A lovely study of a swan among the reeds at the edge of a river. Date: 1950s

Swans in Transit
Swans in a boat, being transported from the River Thames to safer waters, during Henley Regatta time. Date: 1960s

Golden Eagle
A Golden Eagle. Date: 1960s

Tir Aux Pigeons (Sem)
The great thing about Le tir aux pigeons at Monte Carlo is that you can do it in your best clothes, theres no danger and no one (except the pigeons) gets hurt... Date: 1905

/ Nightingale / Morris
(Luscinia megarhynchus) Date: 1851

Pigeon as Military observer 1914
Miniature double camera with two lenses pointing in opposite directions was attached to the pigeon by harness to take automatic photographs at regular intervals over enermies ground. 1914

Robin and blue tit in a cage on a cutout New Year card, with holly and mistletoe. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of an owl with top hat, monocle and lace-up shoes. circa 1890s

Misfitz - Qua-Qua. early 20th century

Girl and goose on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Bird s-eye view of the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race course Date: 1875

Jaipur, Rajastan, India - Pigeons on the street Date: circa 1905

O E Simmonds aerial view of Exeter Devon
O.E. Simmonds aerial view of Exeter, Devon

Kodak jar with pebbles from Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes for
Kodak jar with pebbles from emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) stomach Collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

LS Plate 2 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 2, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Tringa ochropus, green sandpiper
Plate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Hummingbird Case
The Hummingbird case on display in the Natural History Museums Bird Gallery

Loxia pytyopsittacus, parrot crossbill
Plate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Phalacrocorax carbo, great cormorant
Plate 52 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Tringa glareola, wood sandpiper
Plate 57 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ciconia ciconia, European white stork
Plate 30 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Melanerpes erythrocephalus, red-headed woodpecker
Plate 20, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Mimus polyglottos, northern mockingbird
Plate 27, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Plate 327 from The Gleanings of Natural History by George Ed
Plate 328, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764). Annotated Brasilian saw-billed roller

Sitta sp. nuthatch
Plate 40 from a bound volume called Indian Birds Colouredd. Artrist probably Sheikh Zayn al-Din, possibly compiled by Lady Impey

Strelitzia alba, white bird of paradise
Taken from Water-colour Drawings of Plants from South Africa, Canaries, Azores, West Indies and Two Views of Niagra, Francis Masson 1770-1798 Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum

Garrulus glandarius, Eurasian jay
Watercolour by the German ornithologist, hunter and bird collector, Christian Ludwig Landbeck (c. 1833-4)

Coccyzus americanus, yellow-billed cuckoo
Plate 2 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, retouched by R. Havell & Son, London

Coccyzus erythropthalmus, black-billed cuckoo
Plate 32 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

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

Motacilla flava, yellow wagtail
Watercolour by Henrik Gr� ld (1924-5)

Pygoscelis antarcticus, chinstrap penguin
Ff. 82. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes antartica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Parus bicolor, tufted titmouse
Plate 39 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

Aphelocoma coerulescens, Florida scrub jay
Plate 87 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

Dromaius novaehollandiae, emu
Drawing No. 67, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker
Plate 16, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby. Size: 380 x 255 mm

Fulica americana, American coot
Plate 239 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

Nature Scene

Robins
From a series of postcards. 1937

Portrait group of two ladies and bird
A portrait photograph of two ladies with a dove on a stand, possibly stuffed. Date: 1850s

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