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Inachis io, peacock butterflyPlate 23 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892
Callipepla californica, Californian quailPlate 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
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) phPlate 57 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Motacilla alba, white wagtailPlate 2 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Pavo cristalus, peacockSpecimen on display in Gallery 40 at the Natural History Museum, London
Inachis io, peacock butterflyPlate 23 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration
Perdix perdix, grey partridgePlate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
A Malayan forest, with its characteristic birdsPlate 9 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Geographical Distribution of Animals, (1876)
Inachis io Linneaus, peacock butterflyClose 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 argusDetail of a feather from a great argus (Argusianus argus) from the Natural History Museum at Tring
Pavo cristatus, Indian peafowlPlate 3 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Gallus gallus, red junglefowlPlate 32, a watercolour by Joseph Wolf from Daniel G. Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Meleagris gallopavo, wild turkeyOriginal oil painting on canvas by Robert Havell, (c. 1835), 128cm x 171cm
Polyplectron napoleonis, Palawan peacock-pheasantPlate 9 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Syrmaticus reevesii, Reeves pheasantPlate 61 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Agriocharis ocellata eggsEggs of Ocellated Turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, laid at the aviary at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, from the Natural History Museum collections at Tring
Megapodius reinwardt tumulus eggsEggs 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, femaleSkin 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 pheasantIllustration by Rajman Singh from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850s Date: 1850
Tragopan satyra; Satyr tragopan; maleIllustration by Rajman Singh from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850s Date: 1850
Lophura leucomelanos, Kalij pheasantIllustration by Rajman Singh from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850 s. Originally titled The Kalidge Pheasant. Date: 1850
Peacocks, Turkeys and a DodoIllustration of Peacocks, Turkeys and a Dodo by Francis Willughby (1635-1672)
Polyplectron bicalcaratum, grey peacock-pheasant
Lophura nycthemera, silver pheasantLarge Series plate 51, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Gallicolumba luzonica, Luzon bleeding-heart and another unidLarge Series plate 53, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Alectoris rufa, red-legged partridgePlate 14 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Arboricola javanica, Javan partridgePlate 86, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopanLarge Series plate 56, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China. The plant is Gentiana sp
Gallus gallus, red junglefowlLarge Series plate 39, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Francolinus capensis, Cape francolin
Inachis io, peacock butterfly caterpillarPicture 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 pupaPicture 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 sandgrousePlate 11 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Chrysolophus pictus, golden pheasantLarge Series plate 47, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Coturnix coturnix, common quailPlate 15 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Galloperdix bicalcarata, Ceylon spurfowlPlate 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 megapodePlate 36 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia
Inachis io, peacock (above) & Vanessa atalanta, red admiralPlate 13 from Larvae and Pupae of British Lepidoptera (1878) by Theo Johnson
Golden pheasant designDrawing 30 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s
Calotropis procera, rubber bushOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London
JunglefowlA watercolour from Giovanni da Udines Raccolta di Uccelli (c. 1850)
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
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