Mottled Collection (page 3)

Mottled design in SMB wallpaper sample book
Mottled design in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot Fairy
A portrait illustration showing three breeds of pigeon. At the top of the illustration is a Burmese pigeon, now commonly known as a Florentine

Pigeons - Clean Legged Flying Tumblers
A portrait of three sub-variants of the Clean Legged Flying Tumbler pigeon breed. The variants shown are a Yellow-Mottled, Red-Mottled, a Black-Mottled, or a Rosewinced

Short Faced Tumbler Pigeons
A portrait of four sub-varients of the Short Faced Tumbler pigeons seen in their coop with a nest. The four subvarients pictured are the Black, Red, and Yellow Mottled Short Faced Tumbler

Man in uniform with a dog in a field, Germany. Date: circa 1910s

Plate design - flags of the Allies - FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM
Unmarked plate with mottled edge. Transfer shows flags of the Allies and reads FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM. Good condition. Commemorative Ware

German aircraft camouflage by G. H. Davis
German aircraft camouflage, showing how the sombre and mottled colours appear to merge into their surroundings. Date: 1941

A collection of eggs from western Asia

Plate 205 from Reichenbachs Synopsis Avium
Plate 205 from Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbachs Synopsis Avium. Gallinaceae, (1848)

Pardalotus punctatus, spotted pardalote
Watercolour 287 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled New Holland Manakins

Platycercus eximius, eastern rosella
Watercolour 37 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Strombus luhuanus, red-mouthed stromb
Watercolour 392 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gung-e-ra-nere, from the Watling Collection

Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owl
This owl, native only to New Zealand, became extinct in c. 1914, probably due to deforestation and the disappearance of its favourite prey the Kiori rat. Artist unknown

Numenius arquata, Eurasian curlew
Plate 17 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Loxia curvirostra, red crossbill, Loxia scotica, Scottish cr
Plate 27 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Plate 94 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Pluvalis squatarola, grey plover and other owls
Large Series plate 6, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Philomacus pugnax, ruff
Plate 62 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Turnix sylvaticus, Common buttonquail
Plate 16 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)

Anser fabalis, bean goose
Plate 2 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Limosa limosa, black-tailed godwit
Plate 50 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ceryle rudis, pied kingfisher
Plate 32, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Limnodromus griseus, short-billed dowitcher
Plate 76 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

LS Plate 165 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstone and other birds
Large Series plate 15, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Francolinus capensis, Cape francolin

LS Plate 181 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Anas querquedula, garganey
Plate 17 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Plate 79 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

LS Plate 13 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 13, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

LS Plate 189 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Columba torringtoni, Sri Lanka woodpigeon
Plate 83, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

LS Plate 139 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Falco subbuteo, hobby, Terpsiphone sp. Paradise-flycatcher
Large Series plate 3, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Scytalopus magellanicus, Magellanic tapaculo
Ff. 163. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Motacilla magellanica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Phalaropus fulicarius, grey phalarope
Plate 81 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Jynx torquilla, northern wryneck
Plate 76 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Turnix sp. Buttonquail
Plate 85, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

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