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Physalia physalis, Portuguese man-of-warFf. 38 Vol 3. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Hemignathus obscurus, lesser akialoa
Mobula mobular, devilfishFf. 250. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Chromis chromis, damselfishFf. 29b Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Parapercis colias, blue codFf. 181. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Hyas araneus, great spider crabPlate 112 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)
Plate 99 by William EllisPlate 99 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (1756-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)
Ardea sp. HeronFf. 112. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Hemerocoetes monopterygius, opalfishFf. 175. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Polyprion oxygenios, hapukuFf. 74 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Chanos chanos, milkfishFf. 237. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Fulmarus glacialoides, southern fulmarFf. 91. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria glacialis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Pterodorma lessonii, white-headed petrelFf. 98. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria leucocephala made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Lutjanus kasmira, bluestripe seaperchFf. 75a Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Trachinotus goreensis, longfin pompanoFf. 220. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Thunnus albercares, yellowfin tunaFf. 100 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Abudefduf sexfasciatus, scissortail sergeantFf. 31b Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cook's first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Nemadactylus macropterus, jackass worwongFf. 52 Vol 2. Unfinished watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Trachelochismus pinnulatus, lumpfishFf. 248. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Lethrinus nebulosus, spangled emperorFf. 201. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Acanthocybium solandri, wahooFf. 87 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Nycticorax caledonicus, rufous night heronFf. 111. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea ferruginea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Pteropus sp. flying foxPlate 1. From a collection of watercolour sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish by William Webb Ellis (c. 1756-1785), made during Captain Cooks third voyage of discovery, 1776-1780
Chaetodon aculeatus, longsnout butterflyfishPlate 101 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)
Turdus poliocephalus, island thrushFf. 151. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turdus xanthopus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Afrotis afra, black bustardFf.133. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Otis afra and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Synanceja verrucosa, poison stonefishFf. 17 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Psittirostra psittacea, o uFf. 79, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Centropyge flavissimus. lemonpeel angelfishFf. 27b Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Zanclus cornutus, moorish idolFf. 29a Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Amaurornis flavirostra, black crakeFf. 132. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Rallus aethiops and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Trachinotus ovatus, derbioFf. 225. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Cinclodes patagonicus, dark-bellied cinclodesFf. 160. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Motacilla gracula and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Carcharhinus spFf. 51. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Thalassoica antarctica, Antarctic petrelFf. 95. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria antarctica made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Phalacrocorax punctatus, spotted shagFf. 103. Watercolour painting by George Porster (1773) annotated Pelecanus punctatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Nestor meridionalis, kakaFf. 14, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Sula dactylatra, masked boobyFf. 107. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Pelecannus piscator and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Genypterus blacodes, pink lingFf. 174. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Dasyatis pastinaca, common stingrayFf. 46. Pencil sketch by Herman Dietrich Sporing made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Macropus sp. kangarooZoological drawing 4 (1:4) Kanguru. Probably the first European drawing of a kangaroo, by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771), made during Captain Cooks first voyage of discovery, 1768-1771
Macropus robustus, Euro wallarooZoological drawing 5 (1:5). Watercolour study of skull and lower jaws of a wallaroo by Nathaniel Dance (1735-1811)
Trachurus declivis, greenback horse mackerelFf. 223. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Egretta sacra, Pacific reef egretFf. 114. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Ardea jugularis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Chaetodon vagabundus, vagabond butterflyfishFf. 197. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Puffinus griseus, sooty shearwaterFf. 94 Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated procell fuliginosa and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Chaetodon citrinellus, citron butterflyfishFf. 24a Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Francolinus capensis, Cape francolin