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Corvus frugilegus, rookPlate 60 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Anthus trivialis, tree pipit
Motacilla flava cinereocapilla, yellow wagtailPlate 61, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Aphrastura spinicauda, thorn-tailed rayaditoFf. 161. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Motacilla seticulada and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Parus ater, coal titPlate 25 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Petroica australis, New Zealand robinFf. 148. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus ochrotarsus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Erythrura psittacea, red-throated parrotfinchFf. 153. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Loxia pulchella and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Scytalopus magellanicus, Magellanic tapaculoFf. 163. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Motacilla magellanica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Paradisaea minor, lesser bird-of-paradisePlate 11, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Rhipidura fuliginosa, New Zealand fantailFf. 155. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Muscicapa ventilabrum and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Lalage leucopyga, long-tailed trillerFf. 159. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Muscicapa naevia and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Pycnonotus cafer haemorrhousus, red-vented bulbul
Artamus leucorhynchus, white-breasted woodswallowFf. 165. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Motacilla longiceps and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Anthus richardii, Richards pipitPlate 8 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Regulus cristatus, goldcrestPlate 69 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Anthus cervinus, red-throated pipitPlate 12 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Pycnonotus zeylanicus, straw-headed bulbulPlate 53, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Anthus pratensis, meadow pipit
Phylloscopus sibilatrix, wood warblerPlate 67 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Cossyphra caffra, cape robin-chatFf. 147a. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turdus phoenicurus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Carpodacus erythrinus, common rosefinchPlate 43 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Loxops coccineus coccineus, akepaFf. 85, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Orthotomus sutorius, common tailorbirdPlate 60, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Elaphrornis palliseri, Sri Lankan bush warblerPlate 62, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Turdus ulietensis (Turdus badius), bay thrush. Also known asFf. 146. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turdus badius and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Lonchura sp. muniaPlate 76, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Oriolus sp. oriolePlate 66, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57). Annotated Oriolus melanocephalus
Philesturnus carunculatus, saddlebackFf. 144. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Sturnus carunculatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Crateropus spPlate 52, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57). Annotated Crateropus sp
Riparia riparia, collared sand martinPlate 7 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Troglodytes troglodytes, wrenPlate from Paul Jerrards Gems for the Drawing Room:(British) Birds (1852). Hand coloured lithograph
Stagonopleura bella, beautiful firetailWatercolour 242 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Nitid Grosbeak
Paradisaea regia: manucodePlate 26 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia
Fossil leaf minerA leaf miner has left a snaking trail in this leaf from the Middle Eocene of Bournemouth, England
Turdus pilaris, fieldfare, Turdus iliacus, redwingPlate 2 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Geospiza difficilis, sharp-beaked ground finch with labelsA specimen of a sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) collected by Dr. A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands
Aegopodium podagraria, goutweedAegopodium podagraria L. a member of the Apiaceae family, cited by Linnaeus under his description of that name in Species Plantarum (1753), also the designated type specimen for that name
Camarhynchus psittacula habeli, large tree finchA specimen of a large tree finch (Camarhynchus psittacula) collected by Dr A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands
Menura novaehollandiae, superb lyrebirdAn image of a male superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae from the Natural History Museum at Tring
Cicinnurus regius, king bird-of-paradisePlate 362 from Carolus Clusius Exoticorum libri decem : quibus Animalium, Plantarum, Aromatum, alioramque peregrinorum Fructuum Histori describuntur, (1605)
Ptiloris magnificus, magnificent riflebird
Geospiza magnirostris, large ground finchA specimen of a large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle
Geospiza fortis, medium ground finchA specimen of a medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle
Sinospirifer sp. stone swallow (Shih-yen) brachiopodsA collection of stone swallow (Shih-yen) brachiopods from the Devonian rocks of China
Galapagos finchesFinches collected in the Galapagos Islands during the voyage of the Beagle
Pyroderus scutatus masoni, red-ruffed fruitcrowSpecimen of a red-ruffed fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus masoni), held at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Hirundo sp. swallowA photograph of one of the many animals deaturing in the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall