Foot Collection (page 18)

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

Megapezia footprints
Shown here are the fossilized footprints thought to have been made c. 340m yrs ago by Megapezia. Specimen originates from Yorkshire, England

Hypsilophodon leg
Cross section model to show how Hypsilophodons large, strong leg-moving muscles were concentrated on the thigh and hip to allow the long lower leg to swing fast through a long stride

Mesembriomys gouldii, black-footed tree-rat (Gray 1843). BMNH 1842.5.26.18 skull with abnormal incisors collected by Gilbert, holotype

Lasius niger, black garden ant

Plateosaurus
A fossil reconstruction of the hand and lower leg bones belonging to the dinosaur, Plateosaurus. These dinosaurs were wer herbivorous and may have used these sharp claws for defence

Leontopithecus rosalia, golden lion tamarin
A portrait of a golden lion tamarin. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Edmontosaurus laboratory work
Palaeontologists working on the dinosaur, Edmontosaurus. Applying a resin solution hardener to consolidate and protect freshly prepared fossil bones; here the ankle

Lophonetta specularoides, crested duck
Ff. 78. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas lophyra cristata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Diplodocus foot
Detail of the replica diplodocus skeleton on display at the Natural History Museum. The three inner toes of the back foot had sharp claws which may have acted as an anti-slip device

Larus marinus, great black-backed gull
Plate 241 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Tadorna variegata, Paradise shelduck
Ff. 67. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Anas Cheneros and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Didunculus strigirostris, tooth-billed pigeon
Plate 2 from Sir Richard Owens Memoirs on the Dodo, (1866). Held in the Earth Science Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Fractercula arctica, Atlantic puffin, Uria aalge, guillemot
Plate 242 from Charles Sigisbert Sonninis Oiseaux, Vol. 62

Mycteria americana, wood stork
Plate 81, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Falco peregrinus, peregrine palcon
Plate 9 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Larus pacificus, pacific gull
Watercolour 343 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Pacific Gull, Troo-gad-dill

Podilymbus podiceps, pied-billed grebe
Plate 91, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Foot of Macrauchenia patachonica
Maximum dimension 30.5 cms. Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin in Argentina during the voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836

Sula leucogaster, brown booby
Plate 87, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Petroica boodang, scarlet robin, Turdus poliocephalus, islan
Drawing No. 69, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Pterodroma solandri, Providence petrel
Drawing No. 70, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Anous stolidus, brown noddy
Plate 88, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Lophodytes cucullatus, hooded merganser
Plate 94, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Rynchops niger, black skimmer
Plate 90, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Alcedo atthis, common kingfisher
Plate 61 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Somatera mollissma, common eider
Plate 7 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

BhԲsiah ursitaxis inauritus
Plate 86 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Display of bird feet at the Natural History Museum, London
Exhibit featuring the feet of an osprey (Pandion haliaeetus). In the Bird Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Aix falericulata, mandarin duck
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Iguanodon leg
A model cross section of an Iguanodon leg showing the bones, muscles and foot. The Iguanodon was a mainly a bipedal dinosaur. It required large upper thigh muscles for balance and support

Edmontosaurus ankle & foot
The fossil ankle and foot bones of Edmontosaurus prepared for an exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London. The fossils were arranged as if they were lying in the quarry in which they were

Branta canadensis, Canada goose
Plate 201 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Rallus aquaticus, water rail
Plate facing page 34 in M.S. Notes for John Goulds The Birds of Europe, Vol. 6, (1832-37)

Iguanodon brain
A partial skull that contains a natural mould (endocast) of the interior of the skull where the brain would sit. This is a representation of the external shape of the Iguanodon brain

Iguanodon metatarsal
A fossil metatarsal (the long bone of the foot) that once belonged to the herbivorous bipedal dinosaur, Iguanodon. The rough patches are where the muscles and tendons were attached to the bone

Iguanodon foot
The right foot of a very large Iguanodon. Some of the toe joints have small frills of bony overgrowth, showing that the dinosaur was suffering from arthritis

Fratercula arctica, Atlantic puffin
Watercolour by Henrik Gr� ld (c. 1926)

Tadorna cristata, crested shelduck
Watercolour by Shigeru Kobayashi (c. 1920)

Ducula pacifica, Macropygia mackinlayi, Columba vitiensis
Watercolour by Thomas Theodore Barnard (1922)

Corvus corax, northern raven
Watercolour by Archibald Thorburn c.(1885-97)

Uria lomvia, Brunnichs guillemot, U. aalge, guillemot
Watecolour by Archilbald Thornburn

Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, spectacled cormorant
Watercolour of by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1905)

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

Alcedo hercules, great blue kingfisher
An illustration by an unknown artist, (c. 1830-40). Part of the Jardine Collection

Macheiramphus alcinus, bat hawk
A hand-coloured lithograph by Joseph Wolf, (c. 1860). This bird of prey hunts at dusk for bats. Native to Africa, South East Asia and New Guinea. Part of the Jardine Collection

Columba livia, domestic pigeon
Watercolour by unknown artist (c. 1850). Originally illustrated in one of five volumes bought by the Natural History Museum by an unknown source from Japan

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