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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
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
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
Lophura leucomelana, kalij pheasantA watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)
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
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
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
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
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
Black grouse designDrawing 31 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. (Two separate negatives)
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
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