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Motacilla Collection

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Motacilla flava thunbergi, yellow wagtail

Motacilla flava thunbergi, yellow wagtail
Plate 4 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Motacilla flava, yellow wagtail

Motacilla flava, yellow wagtail
Watercolour by Henrik Gr� ld (1924-5)

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Thrush nightingale, Luscinia luscinia

Thrush nightingale, Luscinia luscinia (Motacilla luscinia). Handcoloured lithograph by J. Biller from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava

Western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava, and northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maurus

Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maurus
Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat, Saxicola maurus (Russian warbler, Motacilla rossica). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageMotacilla Collection: White-browed wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis

White-browed wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis
White-browed wagtail or large pied wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis. (Pied wagtail of India). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Background imageMotacilla Collection: White wagtail and western yellow wagtail

White wagtail and western yellow wagtail
White wagtail, Motacilla alba 1, 2, egg 4, and western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava 3, egg 5. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Unknown birds of Sri Lanka

Unknown birds of Sri Lanka: Pink-coloured warbler, Motacilla caryophyllacea, and green wagtail, Motacilla viridis. Sri Lanka tussah silk moth, Antheraea cingalesa (Ceylon silk moth, Bombia paphia)

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Black-capped bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus

Black-capped bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus, and unknown Sri Lankan warbler. (Yellow breasted flycatcher, Muscicapa melanictera, and green warbler)

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Brown-headed barbet and common iora

Brown-headed barbet and common iora
Brown-headed barbet, Psilopogon zeylanicus, and common iora (Indian), Aegithina tiphia multicolor. (Yellow cheeked barbet, Bucco zeylanicus and Ceylon black cap)

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Crimson-throated barbet and unknown warbler

Crimson-throated barbet and unknown warbler
Crimson-throated barbet, Megalaima rubricapillus, and unknown warbler. (Red-crowned barbet, Bucco rubricapillus and olive coloured warbler)

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Stonechat, Sylvia rubicola, Motacilla rubicola

Stonechat, Sylvia rubicola, Motacilla rubicola, Saxicola rubicola.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Motacilla flava, Western Yellow Wagtail, male

Motacilla flava, Western Yellow Wagtail, male
Skin of Western Yellow Wagtail collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 02/10/1883. Original NHM label: Budytes flava 1887.9.28.156 Date: 1887

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Superb Fairywren, Malurus cyaneus cyaneus, from Tasmania

Superb Fairywren, Malurus cyaneus cyaneus, from Tasmania.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Background imageMotacilla Collection: White wagtail, Motacilla alba, and tree pipit

White wagtail, Motacilla alba, and tree pipit, Anthus trivialis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus on a honeysuckle

Redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus on a honeysuckle branch, Lonicera periclymenum.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava

Yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Wren, Motacilla troglodites, Troglodytes troglodytes

Wren, Motacilla troglodites, Troglodytes troglodytes.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Golden crested wren, Sylvia regulus, Motacilla

Golden crested wren, Sylvia regulus, Motacilla regulus, Goldcrest, Regulus regulus.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Yellow bunting, Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella

Yellow bunting, Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella
European robin redbreast, Erithacus rubecola, Motacilla rubicola.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Common wagtail, Motacilla vulgaris, White wagtail

Common wagtail, Motacilla vulgaris, White wagtail, Motacilla alba.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Yellow Wagtail - adult female - alarmed on a dry

Yellow Wagtail - adult female - alarmed on a dry burdock - territorial behaviour during breeding period - June (Motacilla flava L.). Ural Mountains - Siberia - Russia

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Motacilla flava cinereocapilla, yellow wagtail

Motacilla flava cinereocapilla, yellow wagtail
Plate 61, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Paralichthys adspersus, fine flounder

Paralichthys adspersus, fine flounder
Fish labelled Hippoglossus kingii collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Isalnds. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Motacilla alba yarrelli, pied wagtail

Motacilla alba yarrelli, pied wagtail
Plate 130 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Motacilla maderaspatensis, white-browed wagtail

Motacilla maderaspatensis, white-browed wagtail
Plate 8, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Background imageMotacilla Collection: European Yellow Wagtail

European Yellow Wagtail
A European Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla Flava) beside its nest. Date: 1950s

Background imageMotacilla Collection: Robin Redbreast / Bewick

Robin Redbreast / Bewick
The Rrobin-redbreast, or Ruddock Motacilla rubecula


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