Musophaga Collection

White-crowned robin-chat, Cossypha albicapilla (Lesser white-crowned rock thrush, Petrocincla albicapilla). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John

Red-necked falcon, Falco chicquera ruficollis. (Rufous-necked falcon, Falco ruficollis.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Head of the violet turaco, Musophaga violacea
Head of the violet turaco, Violet plantain eater, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in

Cape bunting, Emberiza capensis (Yellow-bellied bunting, Fringillaria capensis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of

Violet turaco, Musophaga violacea
Violet turaco or violaceous plantain-eater, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Red-crested turaco, Tauraco erythrolophus (Touracou pauline, Pauline plantain-eater, Musophaga paulina). Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Red-crested turaco, toucan, aracari and toucanet
Red-crested turaco, Tauraco erythrolophus 1, green-billed toucan, Ramphastos dicolorus 2, ivory-billed aracari, Pteroglossus azara 3 and spot-billed toucanet, Selenidera maculirostris

Musophaga rossae, Rosss turaco, female
Skin of turaco collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 10/08/1883. Original NHM label: Musophaga rossae 1887.9.28.45 Date: 1887

Knysna turaco, Tauraco corythaix, and violet turaco, Musophaga violacea.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris

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