Day Time Collection (page 9)

Group of seamen, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Cemetary, St. Thomas, West Indies (1873)
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Bryum capillare, bryum moss
When more vigorous plants have died back, bryum mosses (Bryum capillare) are revealed in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, April 2003

Landscape in Madeira
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Mycteria leucocephala, painted stork
Plate 23 by Sydney Parkinson from the Loten Collection

Landscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Dragon Tree, Tenerife 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Wilds Drawing Animals from Dredge
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Townscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Funchal, Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Rosa sp. wild rose
Close-up of a wild rose (Rosa sp.) flower growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

The Mole, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Papau tree
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Alnus glutinosa catkin, alder catkin
Bryum mosses (bryum capillare) are noticed more in the Natural History Museums Wildlife Garden during the winter months when other plants have died back. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, 2003

Dandelion growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Euselates sp. rose chafer beetle
A colourful rose chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles

Detail of terracotta moulding of an octopus in the Waterhous

Flea
This species of flea is commonly known as a jigger, chigoe or sand-flea

Garrulus glandarius, European jay
An European jay (Garrulus glandarius), taken in the U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Paradisaea rudolphi, blue bird-of-paradise
Plate 29 from Richard Bowdler Sharpes Monograph of the Paradiseidae, Vol.1, (1893)

Paragonimus sp. parasitic worm
Human lung fluke, a parasitic worm. Common in South East Asia, in 1980 there were thought to be 3 million people infected

Michalia champaca, champaka
Champaka trees in the upper montane rainforest in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

Choeropus castanotis, chestnut-eared choeropus
Cheropus castanotis. Plate 6 from Mammals of Australia Volume 1, by John Gould, 1863

Calotes calotes, agamid lizard
This agamid lizard is very common in gardens of the wet zone in Sri Lanka

Oestridae, botfly larva
Scanning electron microscope image of a botfly larva. They are parasites feeding on skin in the case of warble flies, nostrils in the flies that affect sheep and deer

Clonorchis sinensis, liver fluke
A Chinese or oriental liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis) parasite which infects humans and animals

Gilimale Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
Dense foliage in Gilimale Forest Reserve, north of Rathnapura, Sri Lanka

Ortocryptis weigmani, lizard
A young lizard. This lizard is widely distributed in the forested parts of the lowlands, Sri Lanka

Upper montane rainforest, Sri Lanka
View looking north from Pattipola road to Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

Mustelus canis, smooth dogfish
A baby smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis). These small members of the shark familly can be found in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to northern Argentina and in the Gulf of Mexico

Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

Michalia champaca, champaka tree
A view of a champaka tree, upper montane rainforest in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

Millipedes are common on the rainforest floor in Sri Lanka. This specimen belongs to the family Julidae

Exterior view of the Waterhouse Building, detail of spire
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Montane rainforest canopy, Sri Lanka
View of montane rainforest canopy, The Peak Wilderness between Balangoda and Bogowantalawa, Sri Lanka

Natives of Aru shooting Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-pa
Plate opposite page 443 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Malay Archipelago (1874)

Lepus timidus, Mustela erminea and Mustela nivalis
Arctic hare, ermine and least weasel. Mountain hare, stoat and weasel. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c

Globicephala melas, long-finned pilot whale

Rattus norvegicus, brown rat
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Trypanosomes
Scanning electron microscope image showing a trypanosoma blood smear. They have proved to be of great interest as they have evolved very differently to other better studied organisms

Adams Peak, Sri Lanka
A view of Adams Peak from the Nuwara Eliya area, Sri Lanka

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