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Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus, crescent honeyeaterPlate 27, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 4 (1840-1848)
Sterna fuscata, sooty ternPlate 235 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
Charmosyna papou, Papuan lorikeetPlate 15 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 5 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph
Dicrurus caerulescens, white-bellied drongoPlate 9, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Cecropis daurica, red-rumped swallowPlate 39, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Dicrurus aeneus, bronzed drongoPlate 44, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Sardina pilchardus, European pilchardHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Epinephelus gattatus, red hind & Euthynnus pelamis, skipjackHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Mormyrus ex cinereo nigricans, bone-fishHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Catesbys described this fish as Mormyrus ex cinereo nigricans, the bone-fish
Haemulon sciurus, blue striped grunt & Lutjanus apodus, schoHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Thyrsites atun, barracuda & Albula vulpes, vulpisHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Crotalus adamanteus, eastern diamondback rattlesnakeDrawing 60 (Ewan 50) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Scolopsis monogramma, rainbow monocle-breamPlate 26 by Louis-Isidore Duperrey from his Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, 1826
Acipenser sturio, common sturgeonPlate 96 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841
Varanus varius, lace monitor lizardDrawing 365 from the Watling Collection by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797
Drosera binata, forked sundewPlate 45 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Milvus milvus, red kitePlate 13 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Cypselurus californicus, four-winged flyingfishSpecimen jar containing a four-winged flyingfish (Cypselurus californicus), held in the Darwin Centre at The Natural History Museum, London
Cyprinid fishSpecimen jar containing tropical freshwater cyprinid fish from Indonesia, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Bardick SnakeOne of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert
Enicurus maculatus, spotted forktailPlate 68 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 4, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Papilio kama, swallowtail butterflyA UV image of a swallowtail butterfly. The swallowtail is the U.Ks largest native butterfly, but it is now resticted to the Norfolk Broads
Sterna paradisaea, Arcitc ternPlate 250 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
Clupea alosa, shadPlate 57 by Edward Donovan from his British Fishes, Vol 1, 1802
Tyrannus verticalis, Tyrannus forficatus, Sayornis sayaPlate 359 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sterna nilotica, gull-billed ternPlate 410 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sterna hirundo, common ternPlate 309 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Riparia riparia, Tachycineta thalassinaPlate 385 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Merops albicollis, white-throated bee-eaterWatercolour by Chloe Elizabeth Talbot Kelly (1960)
United against MonsterUnited Against The Monster
Forked LightningForked lightning over an English town
Flacid Fig Leaf StatueHalf man half something else, a type of satir perhaps with one large leg with an eagles foot & forked beard models the down-turned or passive fig leaf. What the bell means ?
Thunderstorm C1870A thunderstorm, with forked lightning, over the French countryside
German DowsersGerman miners dowse for metals using a forked stick - this is probably the earliest depiction of a dowser at work
