Charadriiformes Collection

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
Oil painting on canvas by John Gerrad Keulemans (undated). 229 x 205

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
1 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

Spotted Red Shank (male) Watercolour Plate 35
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

Charadrius melodus, piping plover
Plate 220 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

Sterna antillarum, least tern
Plate 319 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

Austalian estrildid finches
An illustration by M. W. Woodcock of some Australian estrildids, published in Derek Goodwins Estrildid Finches of the World (1982). Page 96, Plate 2

Sterna albifrons, little tern
Plate 73 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

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

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

Burhinus grallarius, skeleton Gould Collection
Bush stone-curlew, Burhinus grallarius, skeleton collected in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Spallanzanis great auk egg
Spallanzanis 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

Tristrams great auk egg
Tristrams 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

Walter Rothschilds great auk egg
Walter Rothschilds 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

Lord Lilfords great auk egg
Lord Lilfords great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. Also known as the Royal College of Surgeons egg No.6 The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle

Bullocks 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. 1962.1.5 (composite image) Date: 1962

Great auk, Pinguinus impennis
The great auk, Pinguinus impennis, is one of the most powerful symbols of the damage humans can cause. The species was driven extinct as a result of centuries of intense human exploitation

Phalaropus tricolor, Wilsons phalarope
Plate 254 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

Xenus cinereus
Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus, specimen, collected by Captain William Chambers in the Cobourg Peninsula in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Turnix castanota egg, from Gould Collection
Egg of the Chestnut-backed Buttonquail, Turnix castanota, collected by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 5th March 1841 Date: 1841

Cream-coloured courser (juvenile)
Watercolour painting of the Courvite by Ann Latham (1772- after 1837). Held in the Library and Archives

Dr Leachs 139 great auk egg
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

Shore Plover Tuturuatu, Wrybill Ngutu Pare
Shore Plover Tuturuatu, Thinornis novaeseelandiae. Wrybill Ngutu Pare, Anarchynchus frontalis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Red-necked Avocet and Pied Stilt Poaka
Red-necked Avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae. Pied Stilt Poaka, Himantopus leucocephalus. Black Stilt Kaki, Himantopus novazelandiae

Snares Island Snipe and Bar-Tailed Godwit
Snares Island Snipe Tutukiwi, Coenocorypha huegeli. Bar-tailed Godwit Kuaka, Limosa lapponica. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Black-Billed Gull and Red-Billed Gull
Black-Billed Gull Tarapuka, Larus bulleri. Red-Billed Gull Tarapunga, Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Black-Fronted and White-Fronted Terns
Black Fronted Tern Tarapirohe, Chlidonias albostriatus. White Fronted Tern Tara, Sterna striata. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Ascension, Terns and Noddies
Illustration (p.538) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1987
Wildlife Photographer of the Year advertisement poster featuring the photograph Oyster Catcher by Mike Wilkes (Winner: Animal Potraits)

Common Snipe
Illlustration of a Common Snipe by Alexander Wilson (1766-1813)

Rosss Gull
Illustration of Rosss Gull by William Jardine

Haematopus ostralegus, Eurasian oystercatcher
Plate 18 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Numenius arquata, Eurasian curlew
Plate 17 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Lymnocryptes minimus, jack snipe
Plate 80 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Burhinus oedicnemus, Eurasian stone curlew
Plate 35 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

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

Philomacus pugnax, ruff
Plate 62 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Himantopus himantopus, black-winged stilt
Large Series plate 62, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Turnix sylvaticus, Common buttonquail
Plate 16 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Stercorarius skua, great skua
Plate 78 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Cursorius cursor, cream-coloured courser
Plate 44 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Tringa totanus, common redshank
Plate 54 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Glareola pratincola, collared pratincole
Plate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Limosa limosa, black-tailed godwit
Plate 50 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Chlidonias leucopterus, white-winged black tern
Plate 76 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Pluvialis apricaria, Eurasian golden plover

Xema sabini, Sabines gull
Plate 67 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Calidris minuta, little stint
Plate 72 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Limnodromus griseus, short-billed dowitcher
Plate 76 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

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