Flightless Collection (page 2)

Eudyptes chrysocome, rockhopper penguin
Ff. 45, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Dinornis elephantopus, heavy-footed moa
An extinct wingless bird from the superficial deposits of the middle island of New Zealand in the gallery of Fossils, British Museum, height of skeleton 5 ft 6 in. 1858. NHM Archives 1210 1/11

Artamus leucorhynchus, white-breasted woodswallow
Ff. 165. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Motacilla longiceps and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Pterocnemia pennata pennata, rhea
A mounted adult specimen of Charles Darwins rhea (Pterocnemia pennata pennata), mounted by Rowland Ward Ltd in the early 1900s

Hesperornis regalis, cretaceous bird
Painting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)

Struthio camelus, ostrich
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Eggs from Aepyornis maximus and Gallus domesticus
Scale comparison using eggs from a chicken (Gallus domesticus), and the largest known extinct bird, the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus)

Eudyptula minor, little penguin
Ff. 84. Wtarecolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Aptenodytes minor and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Raphus cucullatus, dodo, Ara macao, scarlet macaw
Oil painting attributed to Roelandt Savery (c. 1625). Given to The Natural History Museum, London, in 1759 by G. Edwards. See N04297 for black and white image

Phorusrhacus longissmus

Porphyrio albus, Lord Howe swamphen
Drawing No. 73, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Pterocnemia pennata, lesser rhea
Plate 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)

Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitaire
Plate number 512 c by Richard Owen drawn from a male skeleton specimen at Cambridge university.This giant flightless pigeon was the closest relative of the dodo, it was native to Rodrigues Island

Aptenodytes patagonicus, king penguin
Mounted specimen of a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Eudyptes schlegeli, royal penguin
Ff. 80. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes chhrysocome and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Dinornis giganteus, giant moa
Specimen of the extinct bird the giant moa (Dinornis giganteus), the largest bird that ever lived

Apteryx australis, brown kiwi
Watercolour by Richard Laishley (c. 1863-83)

Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Fiordland penguin
Watercolour and pencil by Richard Laishley (c. 1863-83)

Eudyptes robustus, snares penguin, E. pachyrhynchus, Fiordla
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1887-1905)

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