Common Collection (page 28)

Coryphaena hippurus, common dolphinfish
Ff. 188. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Mus musculus, house mouse and Mus muralis, St. Kilda house m
Common Mouse and St. Kilda House Mouse. Plate 28 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

Coturnix coturnix, common quail
Plate 15 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Fourteen molluscs, including gastropods and bivalves
Watercolour 395 by Thomas Watling, from the Watling Collection

Nine molluscs, including bivalves and gastropods
Watercolour 391 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Kow-er-ring, Kow-ill, Kaa-din, Wal-gan, from the Watling Collection

Anas crecca, common teal
Plate 34 from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library. Original Drawings. Birds

Geospiza scandens, common actus finch
A specimen of a common cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Phoca vitulina, harbour seal
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Calotes versicolor, agamid lizard
This agamid lizard is a common species in the lowlands of Sri Lanka, particularly in the drier parts of the island

Polyommatus icarus, common blue
A female specimen of the common blue butterfly from England. In the common blue butterfly the males are always clear blue

Apodemus sylvaticus, long-tailed field mouse
Illustration from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Mus musculus, house mouse
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Polypodium vulgare, fern
Page 2 from The Ferns of Sidmouth (1862) by Peter Orlando Hutchinson. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole flea
A macro photograph of the largest flea in the UK, the mole flea (Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae), which is common on small mammals throughout the UK

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

Tineola bisselliella, common or webbing clothes moth model

Dactylorhiza fuchsii, common spotted orchid
Common spotted orchid on chalk mound, a project to establish british orchigs in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Lambis lambis, common spider conch
A pair of common spider conch (Lambis lambis). This heavilly ornamented gastropod, has large shell projections, it originates from the Western Indo-Pacific

Hyacinthus orientalis, common hyacinth
Drawing 759 by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ilex aquifolium, common holly
Plate 1 from Traitae des Arbres et Arbustres (1852) by Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cuculus canorus, common cuckoo, Anthus pratensis, meadow pip

Nostroceras, ammonite

Paeonia officinalis, common peony
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Phacochoerus africanus, common warthog
Young wart hogs (matabili golube)a shot by myself south west of the Bembesi River October 1870. Sketch 128 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines

Cuculus canorus, common cuckoo
Plate 139 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Actitis hypoleucos, common sandpiper
Plate 187 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Saxicola torquata, common stonechat
Plate 149 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Various bird eggs from western Asia
Various common Indian birds eggs from the Hume Collection. Specimens housed at Natural History Museum at Tring

Procyon lotor, common raccoon
The right side of a common raccoon skull specimen, held at the Natural History Museum. Phototgraph published on page 250 of the Dorling Kindersley Nature Encyclopedia, 1998. See also 28779

Somateria mollissima, common eider
Plate 246 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

Uria aalge, guillemot
Plate 218 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

Common wasp nest
The rounded nest of the common wasp, (Vespula vulgaris) in the roof rafters of a house. Wasps chew wood and pulp it to make the papery material which the nest comprises of

Aegolius acadicus, northern saw-whet owl
Plate 199 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

Geothlypis trichas, common yellowthroat
Plate 24 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

Pieris rapae, small white butterflies
These white butterflies are also known as cabbage whites, this is because they lay their eggs on cabbage and other cultivated crops, which their caterpillars readily destroy

Tringa nebularia, common greenshank

Papaver rhoeas L, common poppy. Collected on the 31 August 1983. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Presented by Colonel R Meinertzhagen, 1950

Cyprinus carpio, koi carp
This large omnivorous freshwater fish can be found the world over

Sialia sialis, eastern bluebird

Columbina passerina, common ground dove
Plate 182 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

Arborophila torqueola, common hill partridge
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite or copper pyrite comprises of (copper iron sulphide). Its a common mineral and found in almost all sulphide deposits

Delphinus delphis, common dolphin
Ff. 31. Painting by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain James Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

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