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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
Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopanPlate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Ammoperdix heyi, sand partridgeSand partridge egg specimens
Syrmaticus reevesil, reeves pheasantReeves pheasant egg specimens
Tetraogallus caspius, caspian snowcockFour Caspian Snowcock egg specimens
Ammoperdix griseogularis, see-see partridgeTen see-see partridge egg specimens
Alectoris graeca, rock partridgeFour rock partridge egg specimens
Francolinus pondicerianus, grey francolinFive grey francolin egg specimens
Francolinus francolinus, black francolinFour Black Francolin egg specimens
Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, caucasian black grouseCaucasian black grouse egg specimens
Francolinus bicalcaratus, double-spurred francolinThree Double-spurred francolin egg specimens
Branta canadensis, Canada goosePlate 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
Chleophaga hybrida, kelp gooseFf. 66. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas ganta Anas antarctica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Anas capensis, Cape tealFf. 75. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas assimilis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasantPlate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Papilio orithya, American peacock butterflyAn illustration of a peacock butterfly (upper and under side shown). Taken from Insects of Georgia by John Abbot (1751-1840)
Lophophorus lhuysii, Chinese monal
Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasantPlate 64 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Argusianus argus grayi, great argusPlate 12 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Pavo muticus, green peafowlPlate 5 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Tetrao urogallus, western capercailliePlate 248, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Europe, Vol. 4 (1832-1837)
Dendragapus obscurus, blue grousePlate 361 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
Lagopus muta, rock ptarmigan
Anser caerulescens, snow goosePlate 381 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
Cygnus buccinator, trumpeter swanPlate 376 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
Centrocercus urophasianus, greater sage grouse