Galliformes Collection

Pavo cristalus, peacock
Specimen on display in Gallery 40 at the Natural History Museum, London

Inachis io, peacock butterfly
Plate 23 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892

Callipepla californica, Californian quail
Plate 413 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

Inachis io, peacock butterfly
Plate 23 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration

New Zealand Quail Koreke (male and female)
New Zealand Quail Koreke, Coturnix novaeseelandiae (male and female). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.2 Plate 24 Date: 1888

Phasianus colchicus decollatus, common (Chinese ringless) ph
Plate 57 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Motacilla alba, white wagtail
Plate 2 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Perdix perdix, grey partridge
Plate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

A Malayan forest, with its characteristic birds
Plate 9 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Geographical Distribution of Animals, (1876)

Inachis io Linneaus, peacock butterfly
Close up of wing of peacock butterfly from the family Nymphalida. Magnified wing detail from specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Argusianus argus, great argus
Detail of a feather from a great argus (Argusianus argus) from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Gallus gallus, red junglefowl
Plate 32, a watercolour by Joseph Wolf from Daniel G. Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Pavo cristatus, Indian peafowl
Plate 3 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Meleagris gallopavo, wild turkey
Original oil painting on canvas by Robert Havell, (c. 1835), 128cm x 171cm

Polyplectron napoleonis, Palawan peacock-pheasant
Plate 9 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Argusianus argus grayi, great argus
Plate 12 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Syrmaticus reevesii, Reeves pheasant
Plate 61 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Agriocharis ocellata eggs
Eggs of Ocellated Turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, laid at the aviary at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, from the Natural History Museum collections at Tring

Megapodius reinwardt tumulus eggs
Eggs of the orange-footed scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt tumulus, collected by John MacGillivray in Port Essington, Northern Territory, November 1844 Date: 1844

Numida meleagris, Helmeted Guineafowl, female
Skin of guineafowl collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 17/8/1883. Original NHM label: Numida ptilorhyncha 1887.9.28.28. Date: 1887

Polynesian Megapode (young and adult)
Polynesian Megapode, Megapodius pritchardi (young and adult). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 62 Date: 1888

White-eared pheasant
Illustration by Rajman Singh from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850s Date: 1850

Tragopan satyra; Satyr tragopan; male
Illustration by Rajman Singh from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850s Date: 1850

Lophura leucomelanos, Kalij pheasant
Illustration by Rajman Singh from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850 s. Originally titled The Kalidge Pheasant. Date: 1850

Peacocks, Turkeys and a Dodo
Illustration of Peacocks, Turkeys and a Dodo by Francis Willughby (1635-1672)

Polyplectron bicalcaratum, grey peacock-pheasant

Lophura nycthemera, silver pheasant
Large Series plate 51, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Gallicolumba luzonica, Luzon bleeding-heart and another unid
Large Series plate 53, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Alectoris rufa, red-legged partridge
Plate 14 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Arboricola javanica, Javan partridge
Plate 86, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopan
Large Series plate 56, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China. The plant is Gentiana sp

Gallus gallus, red junglefowl
Large Series plate 39, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Francolinus capensis, Cape francolin

Inachis io, peacock butterfly caterpillar
Picture 1, series A, in a sequence of 6 pictures showing the emergence of a peacock butterfly, beginning its active life as a caterpillar

Inachis io, peacock butterfly, emerging from its pupa
Picture 3, series A, in a sequence of 6 pictures showing the emergence of a peacock butterfly, from its pupa or chyrsalis form

Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Pallass sandgrouse
Plate 11 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Chrysolophus pictus, golden pheasant
Large Series plate 47, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Coturnix coturnix, common quail
Plate 15 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Galloperdix bicalcarata, Ceylon spurfowl
Plate 87, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Megapodius decollatus, New Guinea megapode
Plate 36 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826)

Inachis io, peacock (above) & Vanessa atalanta, red admiral
Plate 13 from Larvae and Pupae of British Lepidoptera (1878) by Theo Johnson

Golden pheasant design
Drawing 30 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876

Calotropis procera, rubber bush
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Junglefowl
A watercolour from Giovanni da Udines Raccolta di Uccelli (c. 1850)

Lagopus mutus, rock ptarmigan
Plate 196 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Aglais urticae and Inachis io
Small tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies. Pressed insects prepared by Leonard Plukenet, housed at the Natural History Museum, London

Argusianus argus, great argus
Detail of a feather from a great argus (Argusianus argus) from the Natural History Museum at Tring

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)

Meleagris ocellata, ocellated turkey
A specimen of an ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocallata) on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Geotrygon chrysia, Key West quail dove
Plate 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 quail
Plate 15 from John Goulds A Monograph of the Odontophorin, or Partirdges of America (1850). Hand coloured lithograph

Lophura leucomelana, kalij pheasant
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse
Plate 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 monal
Plate 53 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Arborophila torqueola, common hill partridge
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Ithaginis cruentus, blood pheasant
Plate 43 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Moths of the family Saturniidae
Mounted specimens of the Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia Linnaeus) and the great peacock (Saturnia pyri) moths

Colinus viginianus, northern bobwhite, Buteo lineatus, red-s
Plate 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

Starnoenas cyanocephala, blue-headed quail dove
Plate 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

Tympanuchus cupid, greater prarie chicken
Plate 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 butterfly
A mounted specimen a peacock butterfly, family Nymphalidae from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Lophophorus sclateri, Sclaters monal
Plate 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 quail
Plate 6, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl

Galloperdix spadicea, red spurfowl
Plate 40, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Tetrao tetrix, black grouse
Plate 16 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Hen harrier design
Drawing 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

Black grouse design
Drawing 31 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. (Two separate negatives)

Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopan
Plate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Ammoperdix heyi, sand partridge
Sand partridge egg specimens

Syrmaticus reevesil, reeves pheasant
Reeves pheasant egg specimens

Tetraogallus caspius, caspian snowcock
Four Caspian Snowcock egg specimens

Ammoperdix griseogularis, see-see partridge
Ten see-see partridge egg specimens

Alectoris graeca, rock partridge
Four rock partridge egg specimens

Francolinus pondicerianus, grey francolin
Five grey francolin egg specimens

Francolinus francolinus, black francolin
Four Black Francolin egg specimens

Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, caucasian black grouse
Caucasian black grouse egg specimens

Francolinus bicalcaratus, double-spurred francolin
Three Double-spurred francolin egg specimens

Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasant
Plate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Papilio orithya, American peacock butterfly
An 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 pheasant
Plate 64 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Pavo muticus, green peafowl
Plate 5 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Tetrao urogallus, western capercaillie
Plate 248, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Europe, Vol. 4 (1832-1837)

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