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Phlogophilus hemileucurus, Ecuadorian piedtailPlate 360, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861)
Recurvirostra avocetta, pied avocetHand coloured lithograph by Archibald Thorburn. Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Taccocua leschenaultii, sirkeer malkohaPlate 23, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Hypsipetes leucocephalus, black bulbulPlate 25, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Turdoides striatus malabaricus, jungle babblerPlate 34, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Pomatorhinus horsfieldi, Indian scimitar babblerPlate 3, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Zosterops palpebrosus, oriental white-eyePlate 12, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Cinnyris asiatica, purple sunbirdPlate 14, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Pycnonotus priocephalus, grey-headed bulbulPlate 15, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Cacomantis passerinus, grey-bellied cuckooPlate 27, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Merops leschenaulti, chestnut-headed bee-eaterPlate 33, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Artamus fuscus, ashy woodswallowPlate 35, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Nectarinia minima, crimson-backed sunbirdPlate 37, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Balistes vetula, queen trigggerfishHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Mycteria americana, wood storkPlate 81, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Pterocnemia pennata, lesser rheaPlate 47, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41)
Dicauem erthyrothorax, Leptochoma sperata, Cinnyris spPlate 30 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia
Plate from The Gleanings of Natural History by George EdwardPlate 347, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764). Annotated Red-breasted green creeper and spotted green creeper
Philemon corniculatus, noisy friarbirdDrawing No. 39, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Ramphastos vittelinus culminatus, channel-billed toucanPlate 238, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 1 (1758)
Ibidorhyncha struthersii, ibisbillPlate 82, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal
Amazilia violiceps, violet-crowned hummingbirdPlate 285, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Foulehaio carunculatus, wattled honeyeaterFf. 64. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Certhia carunculata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Blue John specimenA compact banded variety of Fluorite known as Blue John, found only in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum, London
Ptilodictya lanceolata (Goldfuss), bryozoanCurved-shaped frond of a fossil cryptostome bryozoan on a block with a brachiopod. Specimen originates from the Silurian Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, West Midlands
Hylonympha macrocerca, scissor-tailed hummingbirdPlate 27, hand coloured lithograph by Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Supplementary volume, (1861)
Lophophorus lhuysii, Chinese monal
Grus americana, whooping crane
Loddigesia mirabilis, marvellous spatuletailPlate 161, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.3, (1849-61)
Topaza pella, crimson topazPlate 66, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.1, (1849-61)
Campylopterus ensipennis, white-tailed sabrewingPlate 46, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.2, (1849-61)
Plegadis falcinellus, glossy ibisPlate 387 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
Certhia americana, brown creeper, Sitta pygmaea, pygmy nuthaPlate 415 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
Recurvirostra americana, American avocetPlate 318 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
Eudocimus ruber, scarlet IbisPlate 397 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
Merops albicollis, white-throated bee-eaterWatercolour by Chloe Elizabeth Talbot Kelly (1960)
Porphyrio coerulescens, Reunion gallinuleWatercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans c. 1905
Nycticryphes semicollaris, South American painted snipeWatercolour and pencil by Elizabeth Gould (c. 1835), this was drawn from a specimen held by the Zoological Society of London
Certhia himalayana, himalayan treecreeperA gouache by Khuleelooddeen, (c. 1830-40)
Curved sabers formerly belonging to army officials. SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeric (armoury)
Fulham sub-station, North End Road, London SW6Fulham sub-station, 233 North End Road, London SW6. It was built for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade by the Metropolitan Board of Works. It closed in 1896 and was later demolished
Knokke, Belgium - The Beachfront Casino on the Albert Plage (Beach) Date: circa 1930s
Two goats and a kid
Magatama?, curved gems - kudatama, straight gems, worn by high off. Drawing shows two long sets of gems suspended from cords, worn by high government officials. Date 1878?
Brazil - Ostrich Neck palmThe Ostrich-neck Palm a local oddity on a beach in Brazil. Possibly one of the weirdest trunks of a tree one is likely to witness
Horses Tack in close-upA fine brown horse wearing double bridle with curved chain. Date: circa 1910s
Ripon HornblowerThe Ripon Hornblower, with his fantastic curved horn and distinctive tricorn hat. This tradition originates with the wakeman of Ripon
A Delhi, Turkish Light InfantryA Dehli - Turkish light cavalry. A cavalry trooper wearing a tall hat with a lance in his hand, a musket slung over his back and a curved sword at his side. He is mounted on a brown horse. 1803