Common Collection (page 30)

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

Ctenocephalides felis felis, cat flea
A macro photograph of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis), which is also found on dogs, and is the UKs most common flea found in the domestic environment

Gallinula chloropus, common moorhen

Phymateus morbillosus, common milkweed locust

Turdoides caudatus, common babbler
Common babbler egg specimens

Common mullet of the Settlers
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Oryctolagus cuniculus, European rabbit
Photograph of the left side view of a European rabbit skull from the education collection at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Eudynamys scolopaceus, common koel
Plate 26, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Calcite comprises of (calcium carbonate) and is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth. Specimen originates from Tennesee, U.S.A. now at the Natural History Museum, London

Vespula vulgaris, common wasp

Forficula auricularia, common earwig
Earwigs usually inhabit damp crevaces in houses, gardens and woodland. They range from 8-18mm long, are scavenging insects and emerge at night

Odocoileus virginianus, white-tailed deer
Cervus Virginianus (Pennant), Common American Deer (Fawn). Plate 81 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 2, 1846, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Phasianus colchicus formosanus, common (Formosan) pheasant
Plate 56 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Scyliorhinus canicula, common dogfish
Specimen of the cartilaginous skeleton of a dogfish contained in a specimen jar

Alchemilla vulgaris, common Ladys mantle

Carduelis flammea, common redpoll
Plate 375 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 hirundo, common tern
Plate 309 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

Gavia immer, great-northern diver
Plate 306 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

Phasianus colchicus, common pheasant
Watercolour by Frederick William Frohawk (1930). From Birds The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick, 2004

Pica pica, common magpie
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1896)

Plan of a manor house and common fields 15th Century

Pre-Columbian era. North America. Admiranda
" Pre-Columbian era. North America. " Admiranda Narrantio". A way to build a boat. Page 67. Depiction of the common uses of Virginia Indian tribes. Flemish art. Engraving. FRANCE

European Common Frog. Amphibians. Engraving after a drawing by a F.Padr󮠅 ngraving

Benjamin Disraeli talking to the Common House
" Benjamin Disraeli talking to the Common House for the first time as Prime Minister. Front page of " The Illustrated London News" (14 mars 1868). Engraving."

PEETERS, Clara (1589-1676). Table. ca. 1610 - ca. 1615. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

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