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JunglefowlA watercolour from Giovanni da Udines Raccolta di Uccelli (c. 1850)
Anser anser, greylag gooseFeathers from the greylag goose (Anser anser)
Lagopus mutus, rock ptarmiganPlate 196 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Aglais urticae and Inachis ioSmall tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies. Pressed insects prepared by Leonard Plukenet, housed at the Natural History Museum, London
Maiasaura with youngAn animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya
Argusianus argus, great argusDetail of a feather from a great argus (Argusianus argus) from the Natural History Museum at Tring
Eggs from Aepyornis maximus and Gallus domesticusScale comparison using eggs from a chicken (Gallus domesticus), and the largest known extinct bird, the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus)
Meleagris ocellata, ocellated turkeyA specimen of an ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocallata) on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Somateria mollissima, common eiderPlate 246 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
Anthya marila, greater scaupPlate 229 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
Geotrygon chrysia, Key West quail dovePlate 167 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
Oreortyx pictus, mountain quailPlate 15 from John Goulds A Monograph of the Odontophorin, or Partirdges of America (1850). Hand coloured lithograph
Anser albifrons, greater white-fronted goosePlate 286 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
Lophura leucomelana, kalij pheasantA watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)
Dendrocygna viduata, white-faced whistling duckFf. 76. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas viduata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Tadorna cana, South African shelduckFf. 70. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas montana and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Anas superciliosa, Pacific black duck
Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grousePlate 41 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
Lophophorus impejanus, Himalayan monalPlate 53 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Aythya novaeseelandiae, New Zealand scaupFf. 79. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Anas atricilla and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Arborophila torqueola, common hill partridgeA watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)
Ithaginis cruentus, blood pheasantPlate 43 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Moths of the family SaturniidaeMounted specimens of the Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia Linnaeus) and the great peacock (Saturnia pyri) moths. Moths are nocturnal insects
Somateria spectabilis, king eiderPlate 276 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
Workers at Piltdown
Aythya collaris, ring-necked duckPlate 234 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
Lophonetta specularoides, crested duckFf. 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)
Melanitta fusca, white-winged scoterPlate 247 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
Colinus viginianus, northern bobwhite, Buteo lineatus, red-sPlate 76 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
Anas georgica, yellow-billed pintailFf. 71. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas xanthorynchus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Starnoenas cyanocephala, blue-headed quail dovePlate 172 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
Tadorna variegata, Paradise shelduckFf. 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)
Tympanuchus cupid, greater prarie chickenPlate 186 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
Inachis io (Linnaeus), peacock butterflyA mounted specimen a peacock butterfly, family Nymphalidae from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Lophophorus sclateri, Sclaters monalPlate from William Beebes A Monograph of the Pheasants, Vol.1 (1918). Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Perdicula erythrorhyncha, painted bush quailPlate 6, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl
Galloperdix spadicea, red spurfowlPlate 40, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Tetrao tetrix, black grousePlate 16 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Hen harrier designDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Lophodytes cucullatus, hooded merganserPlate 94, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Black grouse designDrawing 31 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. (Two separate negatives)
Somatera mollissma, common eiderPlate 7 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Bucephala albeola, buffleheadPlate 98, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Aix falericulata, mandarin duckWatercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever
Still Searching At PiltdownA general impression of the Piltdown Gravel Pit, East Sussex c. 1913, with the goose Chipper, and from left to right, Venus Hargreaves, Arthur Smith Woodward, Charles Dawson
Anas acuta, northern pintailPlate 227 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