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Two Babies getting their milk direct from the cowA quite surreal German postcard, showing two rather plump babies strapped to the back of two cows, their mouths clamped to long tubes originating from the cows udders
Hampden Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex - Feeding the swans on the Lake. Date: circa 1908
Native Bermudian feeding her flock of turkeys. Date: circa 1910s
Group of Adeliee Penguins feeding their youngAdeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick
Fish DapediumWell preserved Dapedium fish from the Jurassic period
Group of Adeliee Penguins, Cape AdareAdeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick
Alligator mississippiensis, American alligatorAlligator of St Johns. Drawing 22 (Ewan 49) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Pen and ink. Size: 235 x 366
Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant & Sarracenia purpureaNelumbo lutea, American lotus & Triodopsis albolabris, land snail & Cemophora coccinea, scarlet snake. Drawing 30 (Ewan 22) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Threnetes niger cervinicauda, pale-tailed barbthroatPlate 14, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.1, (1849-61)
Ficedula albicollis, collared flycatcherPlate 18 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Porzana porzana, spotted crakePlate 88 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Alauda arvensis, Eurasian skylarkPlate 15 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Otus scops, Eurasian scops owlPlate 33 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Turdus torquatus, ring-ouzelPlate 38 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Apus apus, common swiftPlate 3 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Grus grus, common cranePlate 19 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Troglodytes troglodytes, wrenPlate from Paul Jerrards Gems for the Drawing Room:(British) Birds (1852). Hand coloured lithograph
Calidris cantus, red knotPlate 190 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Cuculus canorus, common cuckoo, Anthus pratensis, meadow pip
Loxodonta africana, African elephant carcassAfrican elephant viscera, approximately 3-4 days after death, showing abundance of blowfly larvae feeding on the dead tissues. Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambezi Valley, Zambia
Carduelis carduelis, European goldfinchPlate 155 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Emberiza citrinella, yellowhammerPlate 178 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, oxeye daisyOxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London
Oryx dammah, scimitar-horned oryxA small herd of scimitar-horned oryx grazing on a grass field in captivity. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Pheucticus ludovicianus, rose-breasted grosbeakPlate 127 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Scolopax minor, American woodcock
Progne subis, purple martin
Aphis fabae, black bean aphidScanning electron microscope image showing a frontal view of a black bean aphid on leaf (x100). Aphids or plant lice are small, plant-sucking insects
Ectopistes migratorius, passenger pigeonPlate 62 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Hylocichla mustelina, wood thrushPlate 73 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sialia sialis, eastern bluebird
Caracara cheriway, crested caracaraPlate 161 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Troglodytes aedon, house wren
Parus hudsonicus, boreal chickadeePlate 194 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Carduelis pinus, pine siskinPlate 180 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Danaus plexippus, monarch caterpillarThe stripy caterpillar of the monarch butterfly feeding on a leaf. The monarch is the largest butterfly found in U.K but is not actually native
Anopheles sp. anopheline mosquitoFemale mosquito feeding. The female requires a diet of blood to ensure the successful maturation of her eggs
Dryocopus pileatus, pileated woodpeckerPlate 111 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Caprimulgus carolinensis, chuck-wills widowPlate 52 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Trichoglossus haematodus, rainbow lorikeetPlate 24 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)
Anthracothorax nigricollis, black-throated mangoPlate 184 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Columba leucocephala, white-crowned pigeonPlate 177 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Deglutition in ChauliodusIllustration of main movements of the anterior part of the body and the head of Chauliodus when it catches and swallows large prey
HummingbirdPlate 337, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Phlogophilus hemileucurus, Ecuadorian piedtailPlate 360, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861)
Calliphlox amethystina x Chlorostilbon mellisugusPlate 259, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Chlorostilbon alice, green-tailed emeraldPlate 357, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Chlorostilbon canivetii, Canivets emeraldPlate 351, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould