Daytime Collection (#49)

The peak Wilderness, Sri Lanka
The Peak Wilderness contains the largest and most undistrubed areas of montane rainforest in Sri Lanka

House buried by travelling sand, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Coenagrion puella, azure damselfly
Azure dameselflies (Coenagrion puella) are often seen in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. May 2003

Panterpe insignis, fiery-throated hummingbird
Plate 336, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861)

Barkham Manor, Piltdown
The Barkham Manor Piltdown I site, c. 1912, from vantage point due east of the manor house

Demolition of the Spirit Building in April 2002. Zoological specimens now held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Gibraltar North Front
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

Crowd around flea case, 1927
During the first decades of the 20th century, the Central Hall contained a number of exhibit cases explaining the role of insects and other animals in spreading disease

Naja haje haje, Egyptian cobra
An Egyptian cobra emerging from a ceramic urn and coiling into its characteristic aggressive hissing stance

Quercus sp. crouch oak
Also known as Addlestone Oak or Queens Oak. In the 14th century Wycliffe preached under this oak. Queen Elizabeth I is said to have feasted under it. Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

The Market Place at St. Thomas 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Devils Tooth, Gibraltar
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

Damage in Shell Gallery, 1940
A serious air raid occurred just over a month after the General Herbarium was hit, on the night of 16 October 1940

Quercus sp. oak
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

The cliff edge engine houses of Wheal Trewavas
Situated on the Tregonning granite at Trewavas Head, south Cornwall. Image used in Minerals of Cornwall and Devon by P.G. Embrey and R.F. Symes, 1987, page 40. See also 4072

Frog
One of the 140 frog species known from the island of Sri Lanka. Many of these frogs have only been discovered in the last decade or so

Ramphastos toco, toco toucan
Plate 1, hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter from A Monograph of the Ramphastid, or family of Toucans, 2nd edition, (1854) by John Gould

The damaged roof of the Botany Department, 1940
At 4.30am on 9 September 1940, two incendiaries and an oil bomb hit the roof of the Botany Department in the east wing

Convent at Belem
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

Montane rainforest canopy in Nuwara Eliya area, Sri Lanka

Mustelus mustelus, smoothhound shark
A Scanning Electron Microscope image of smoothhound shark skin. The skin is covered with tiny teeth called dermal denticles

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

Montane rainforest, Sri Lanka
Rock wall covered with moss in montane rainforest, The Knuckles, Sri Lanka

Sorbus aucuparia, rowan tree
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Betula pendula, silver birch
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Native house in Aru
From My Life - A record of events and opinions by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1908

Detail view of the exterior of the Waterhouse Building
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

Exterior view of the Darwin Centre Cromwell Road, showing the solar wall. Photographed by Graham Pellow in June 2002

Rock Scenery, Gibraltar
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

Sorex araneus, Eurasian shrew

Aesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut tree
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Solar wall of the Darwin Centre
Exterior view of the solar wall of the Darwin Centre

The Wildlife Garden
View of the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden with the Waterhouse Building in the background in January 2003 after snow fall

Exterior view of the Waterhouse Building
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

Vulpes vulpes, red fox
The red fox is the largest of the Vulpes genus. It can be found all over Europe, North America, South America, Australia and in parts of Northern Asia

The slip and boathouses on the Marina, Bermuda 1873

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

Native Houses, Dobbo, Aru Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Chrysanthemum segetum, corn marigold
Corn marigold in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, July 2004

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

Panoramic: Cape Verde Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Glacial rock and Block House, Halifax 1873
The Point Glacier Rock Halifax, showing action of glacial sea on surface of rock, Halifax

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

The amalgamating room at a gold digging site, Halifax 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Photograph of corals from the Yonge collection
Photograph from the collection of Sir Charles Maurice Yonge (1899-1986) relating to the Great Barrier Reef Expedition (1927-1929), in the Archive of the Natural History Museum, London

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

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

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