Nocturnal Collection (page 4)

Collection of stuffed birds
Case of stuffed bird specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Glaucidium radiatum, jungle owlet
Plate 3, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Gymnothorax funebris, green moray
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Otus asio, eastern screech owl
Plate 7, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Nyctalus leisleri, lesser noctule
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Sorex araneus, Eurasian shrew

Podargus ocellatus, marbled frogmouth
Plate 4, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Supplementary volume, (1840-1848)

Zaedyus pichiy, pichi armadillo
Pichi armadillo collected by Charles Darwin at Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1833 (formerly Daspus minutus)

Megazostrodon skull
Specimen from the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic of Lesotho, Africa. Megazostrodon was thought to be a small, mouse-sized, nocturnal mammal and fed on insects

Apteryx australis, brown kiwi
Watercolour by Richard Laishley (c. 1863-83)

Swooping owl weathervane 2011

Drummer of Tidworth
THE DRUMMER OF TIDWORTH Apparition of drummer who irritated the people of Ludgarshall, Wiltshire, with his nocturnal drumming Date: 1661

Nocturnal Cycle Rally
A nocturnal cycle rally at Woodford, Essex. Date: 1889

Belgian people kissing the Union Jack
Illustration by Lascelles, of a crowd of Belgian people gathered outside the British consulate in Ostend, kissing the Union Jack

LEMUR FULVUS is one of the LEMURIDAE, a rarely-seen because nocturnal species who live in Madagascar. (He is not a monkey though sharing monkey-like attributes)

Saint Anastasia (Of Rome
SAINT ANASTASIA (OF ROME) martyred during the reign of Diocletian after her husband, denied access to her bed, grew suspicious of her nocturnal visits to the poor

Firemen in London Blitz
Massed firemen with their hoses attempt to quell the flames as they engulf the industrial areas of London following a nocturnal visit by the Luftwaffe

FLAMBETTES
The nocturnal FLAMBETTES, seen in Berry (central France) are believed by the local populace to assume human form

Nocturnal Clouds
NOCTURNAL CLOUDS Clouds passing overhead at night, lit from below, have an appearance of solidity which can easily be mistaken for mysterious flying objects

Tasmanian Devil - 2
(sarcophilus harrisii) The largest marsupial carnivore, nocturnal, uttering loud and devilish cries

Tasmanian Devil
(sarcophilus harrisii) The largest marsupial carnivore, nocturnal, uttering loud and devilish cries

Procession of Passion
Commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus, at Billom, France, a nocturnal procession passes through the streets on Vendredi Saint - Good Friday

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