Nest Collection (page 3)

Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca, with nest and eggs. (Lesser white-throat warbler, Sylvia sylviella.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Four hummingbirds with a nest and two eggs
Four hummingbird species with a nest and two eggs. (Trois colibris avec un nid et deux oeufs). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration drawn from nature by Georg Wolfgang Knorr

Whelks and sea snails with eggs
Whelk, Buccinum undatum 1, sea snails, Cymbium species 2, 3, whelk with ovary, Buccinum ampullatum 4, shell with egg nest, Vespertilio and Melicera 5, whelk with egg nest, Buccinum undatum 6

Title page from Hummingbirds, Volume 1
Title page with vignette of nest and eggs. Steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology: Hummingbirds, Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1834

Fiery topaz, Topaza pyra, with young in nest. Handcoloured steel engraving from W.C.L. Martins A General History of Humming-birds or the Trochilidae, Bohn, London, 1852

Sword-billed hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera (Docimastes ensiferus). Male, female and young male. Handcoloured steel engraving from W.C.L

Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, male 1, female 2, young 3, nest, and eggs 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, male 1, female 2, young 3 being fed by a robin, Erithacus rubecula, and eggs 4, 5. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Oriole blackbird, chocolate loricarid catfish
Oriole blackbird, Gymnomystax mexicanus, nest and eggs 3, chocolate loricarid armored catfish, Loricaria cataphracta 2, and pine sawfly, Neodiprion sertifer 1

Penduline tit, Remiz pendulinus, and nest. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire

Three-toed woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus, male, female and juvenile outside nest. Pic a camel rouge. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries

Green-crowned plovercrest, ruby-throated
Green-crowned plovercrest, Stephanoxis lalandi, ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris, and ruby-topaz hummingbird and nest, Chrysolampis mosquitus

Eurasian blue tit, Cyanoses caeruleus, and egg, and long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus, with nest and egg. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti after an illustration by Adolph Fries

Western grasswren and blackbird
Western grasswren, Amytornis textilis 1 and common blackbird with nest and eggs, Turdus merula 2. Merion, Merle commun. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti after an illustration by Adolph Fries

Common rock thrush, Monticola saxatilis
Common rock thrush with nest and eggs, Monticola saxatilis, and song thrush with nest and eggs, Turdus philomelos. Merle de roche et merle grive ordinaire

Nightingale, nest and egg, Luscinia megarhynchos, and European robin, egg, Erithacus rubecula. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Common tailorbird, stinging nettle and aardvark
Common tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius with nest, stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, and aardvark, Orycteropus afer. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire

Village weaver bird and nest, Ploceus cucullatus, and crane fly, Tipula species. Tipule, Tisserin gendarme. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire

Common chaffinch and brambling
Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, nest and eggs, and brambling, Fringilla montifringilla with eggs Pinson commun et pinson d Ardenne

European rhinoceros beetle and European orchard bee
European rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes nasicornis, pupa and larva, European orchard bee, Osmia cornuta, and nest. Oryctes, Osmies

Paper wasp and nest, weevils and sea slugs on seaweed
Polistes gallicus, paper wasp and nest, blue weevil, Eupholus schoenherri, root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus, Polycera sea slugs, Ancula gibbosa, Atlantic ancula, on seaweed

Harvester termite and mound, and sea slug
Harvester termite and mounds, Microhodotermes species, and sea slug, Tergipes tergipes. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Mygalomorph trapdoor spider and its nest, and beetles, Mylabris species. Mygale pioniere et son nid, Mylabres. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles

Glossy swiftlet, Collocalia esculenta, pair on nest (Esculent swallow, Hirundo esculenta). Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by Samuel Howitt from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Spiders and scorpions
Goliath bird-eating spider, Theraphosa blondi, with hummingbird 1, Italian tarantula, Lycosa tarantula 2, orange spider of Curacao 3, and species of scorpions of India 4, America 5, and Europe 6

Metamorphosis of honey bees, honeycomb, queens, drones and chain of worker bees. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Thomas Hornors hut above the dome of St
Thomas Hornors hut on scaffolding above the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, where he painted his giant panorama of London, 1821

Megapodius Tumulus, orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt), a mound-raising Megapole, with its nest in the background. Date: 1842

A swan sitting on its nest, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Endpaper design, The Story of Me, a baby book in which details can be recorded of the babys date of birth, weight, first birthday, etc. Depicting a baby in a nest in a tree. Date: 1940s

Curtis British Entomology Plate 19
Coleoptera: Rhipiphorus paradoxus = Metoecus paradoxus (Wasps? Nest Beetle) [Plant: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)] Date: 1824-39

Egg Eater Date: 1880

Birds Nest and Rose Cake Date: 1935

Assorted Bonbons Date: 1935

Boy and Nest of Chicks

THIEVING MAGPIE - 1
The famous thieving magpie of Palaiseau, near Versailles, France, carries a spoon and fork in his bill to his nest. Date: circa 1750

GIRL ADMIRES NEST 1891
A little girl in a white dress looks up at a nest of birds. Date: 1891

JOSEPH ADDISON - handwriting
Letter from the editor of The Spectator to the writer Jonathan Swift Date: 18th century

Tibetan Dragon
When a dragon attacks the gryphons nest, The Boy with the Deformed Head comes to their rescue, slaying the monster

Eggs in bed hen
Boy with pet hen that laid eggs in his bed, Abergavenny, Wales. First published The Sunday Express Date: circa 1969

Page from an unknown catalogue
41 pages from an unknown catalogue measuring 36.7 x 27.3 cm, including black and white illustrations of writing equipment, purses, toys, perambulators, bicycles and tricycles

Poisonous stinkhorn mushroom, Phallus impudicus, and birds nest fungus, Cyathus hirsutus.. Chromolithograph from Leon Dufours Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux (1891)

Mole - babies in nest

UFO saucer nest, Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Canada
Saucer nest at Langenburg, Saskatchewan (Canada) -- this is a mark on the ground where a UFO has supposedly landed

Robins and chicks on a Christmas and New Year card
Robins and nest of chicks on a Christmas and New Year card with ornate embossed edging. Date: circa 1890s

Cupids with red hearts on a Valentine postcard
Cupids with a nest of red hearts on a Valentine postcard. Date: circa 1890s

A pigeon?s nest at No. 4 Hamilton Place
A pigeon?s nest at No.4 Hamilton Place with corrugated iron roof during construction of the fifth floor in 1960. Date: 1960

Constantine, Algeria - a stork nest on Perregaux Street
Constantine, Algeria - a pair of storks nest on the top of a brick building on Perregaux Street (Rue Perregaux), while groups of people pass below. circa 1910s

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