Common Collection (page 29)

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

Periophthalmus sp. mudskipper
Plate 32 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Gobies are common in shallow marine, brackish and estuarine waters, they have a distinct pelvic sucker used to cling to rocks and corals

Common rock types
A collection of common rock types - left to right - Igneous (granite), sedimentary (sandstone) and metamorphic (schist)

Quiscalus quiscula, common grackle
Plate 7 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh

Fraxinus excelsior, ash tree

Nautilus pompilus, common nautilus
A seventeenth century carved nautilus shell showing three techniques used by Dutch craftsmen: cameo work, engraving and an opening resembling a helmet cut into the wall of the chamber

Octopus vulgaris, common octopus
Octopus model with Homarus gammarus, European lobster in Origin of Species Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Sympetrum striolatum, common darter dragonfly
Emerging from the larval skin, which may take over two hours. The head and thorax begin to burst out of the larval skin

Alcedo atthis bengalensis, common kingfisher
Plate 17, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Gallinago gallinago, common snipe
Plate 47, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Melia azadirack, neem
Plate 52 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Collection birds eggs
Plate 58 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn

Muscardinus avellanarius, common dormouse
Detail from plate 136 Dormouse. Original watercolour drawing from The Naturalists Library, Mammalia, Vol. 3, 1833-1843, by Sir William Jardine (1800-1874)

Prunus cerasus, common morello cherry
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Griotte commune

Falco tinnunculus, common kestrel
Plate 14 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Corvus corax, common raven
Plate 28 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Pogono barbata, bearded dragon
Drawing 361 from the Watling Collection titled Native name Ngarrang by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Acipenser sturio, common sturgeon
Plate 96 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841

Alcedo atthis, common kingfisher
Plate 61 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Somatera mollissma, common eider
Plate 7 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Sylvia atricapilla, blackcap, Luscinia megarhynchos, common
Plate 11 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Aramus guarauna pictus, limpkin
Drawing 56 (Ewan 18) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Geospiza scandens, common cactus finch
A specimen pair of common cactus finches (Geospiza scandens) collected in the Galapagos Islands

Pteronotus parnellii mesoamericanus, common mustached bat
A common mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii mesoamericanus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Sorex araneus, Eurasian shrew

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