Passerine Collection

Tui (young and adult)
Tui, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae (young and adult). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 10 Date: 1888

New Zealand Fantail (Melanistic var. on left)
New Zealand Fantail Piwakawaka, Rhipidura fuliginosa (Melanistic variety on left). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 8 Date: 1888

Erythrura gouldiae, Gouldian finch
Plate 89, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 3, (1840-1848)

Old male Asian Paradise Flycatcher Watercolour
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

Hirundo rustica, barn swallow
Plate 89 from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library. Original Drawings. Birds

Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wren
Plate 118 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Bombycilla cedrorum, cedar waxwing
Plate 43 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Erithacus rubecula, European robin
An European robin (Erithacus rubecula) in flight, U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Turdus philomelos, song thrush
Plate 19 from Henry Eeles Dressers A History of the Birds of Europe.. (1871-96)

Garrulus glandarius, Eurasian jay
Watercolour by the German ornithologist, hunter and bird collector, Christian Ludwig Landbeck (c. 1833-4)

Chlamydera nuchalis, great bowerbird
Plate 30 from Richard Bowdler Sharpes Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorynchid, or Bower Birds, Vol. 2 (1891-98)

Sitta canadensis, red-breasted nuthatch
Plate 105 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Erithacus rubecula, European robin
Watercolour by Paul Barruel (c. 1970). From Birds The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick, 2004

Motacilla flava thunbergi, yellow wagtail
Plate 4 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Augustus H. Bishop with elephant tusks, May 1912
Augustus Bishop arrived at the Museum in 1904, aged 23, after three years training as a taxidermist

Sitta sp. nuthatch
Plate 40 from a bound volume called Indian Birds Colouredd. Artrist probably Sheikh Zayn al-Din, possibly compiled by Lady Impey

Parus bicolor, tufted titmouse
Plate 39 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Orders of Birds: kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, vulnerable snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus, greater blue-eared starling, Lamprotornis chalybaeus, great hornbill, Buceros bicornis, European green woodpecker

Camarhynchus psittacula, large tree finch
A specimen pair of large tree finches (Camarhynchus psittacula) collected in the Galapagos Islands

Geospiza magnirostris, large ground finch
A specimen pair of large ground finches (Geospiza magnirostris) collected in the Galapagos Islands

Geospiza conirostris, large cactus finch
A specimen pair of large cactus finches (Geospiza conirostris) collected in the Galapagos Islands

Pitta brachyura, Indian pitta
Plate 51, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, mocking cliffchat
Plate 49, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Emberiza capensis, Cape bunting
Ff. 154a. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Fringilla bicincta and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Common hill myna, Gracula religiosa
Number 1 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Silvereye Tauhou, Bellbird Korimako
Silvereye Tauhou, Zosterops lateralis lateralis. Bellbird Korimako, Anthornis melanura melanura (male and female)

American Ornithology by Alexander Wilson, 1824
Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 1824. Hand-coloured engraving. Date: 1824

Turdus merula, common blackbird
Photograph of a female common blackbird, taken in the museum wildlife garden

Paradisaea rudolphi, blue bird of paradise
Image of a male and female blue bird of paradise, Paradisaea rudolphi. New Guinea. From the Natural History Museum at Tring

Sturnus vulgaris, European starling
Plate 159 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Tachycineta bicolor, tree swallow
Plate 100 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Eurasian bullfinch
A male Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Serinus canaria, island canary
Specimen of an island canary (Serinus canaria)

Eopsaltria leucura
Mangrove Robin, Eopsaltria leucura, collected by John Gilbert in East Bay, Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Pitta Iris, from the Gould Collection
Rainbow Pitta, Pitta Iris, specimen, collected by Captain Chambers in Australia between 1839 and 1841 Date: 1839

Conopophila albogularis egg, Gould Collection
Egg of Rufous-banded honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis, collected by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia on December 5th 1840 Date: 1840

Oriolus sagittatus affinis eggs
Eggs of Olive-backed oriole, Oriolus sagittatus affinis, found by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 4th December 1840 Date: 1840

Red eared firetail Finch, Emblema oculata
Emblema (Stagonopleura) oculata - 1894.10.26.95 Date: 1894

Ashy Bulbul, Hemixos flavala
Number 27 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Variegated Laughingthrush
Number 26 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Grey-winged Blackbird (Female) Turdus boilboul
Number 25 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Sri Lanka Thrush, Zoothera dauma imbricata
Number 24 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

White-throated Laughingthrush
Number 21 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus
Number 23 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Striated Laughingthrush, Garrulax striatus
Number 22 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Black-headed Jay, Garrulus lanceolatus
Number 14 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Grey-winged blackbird, Turdus boulboul
Number 3 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Blue whistling thrush, Myoponus caeruleus
Number 2 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Motacilla flava, Western Yellow Wagtail, male
Skin of Western Yellow Wagtail collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 02/10/1883. Original NHM label: Budytes flava 1887.9.28.156 Date: 1887

Notes relating to Asian Paradise Flycatcher
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

North Island Kokako, Callaeas wilsoni. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 1 Date: 1888

Rifleman, Bush Wren & Rock Wren
Rifleman Tititipounamu, Acanthisitta chloris (female and male). Bush Wren Matuhituhi, Zenicus longipes. Rock Wren Piwauwau, Xenicus gilviventris

Long-tailed Cuckoo and Grey Warbler
Long-tailed Cuckoo Koekoea, Eudynamys taitensis (adult and young). Grey Warbler Riroriro, Gregone igata

Black Robin and Chatham Island Warbler
Black Robin, Petroica (Miro) traversi and Chatham Island Warbler, Gerygone albofrontata. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 59

Nucifraga caryocatactes, Nutcracker
Illustration from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850s Date: circa 1850

Key for Eggs of Paradiseidae
Key to Plate X from Novitates Zoologicae, Volume XVII, 1910. By Henrik Gronvold. Please see image 100055 for original plate

Darwin finch drawn for the cover of the 99% Ape publication

La fauvette a queue rousse, a red-tailed warbler
Sylvia russeicauda. Plate 70 from Vieillots Histoire naturelle de oiseaux d Amerique Central Volume 12. The Natural History of Birds from Central America

Fregilupus varius specimen collected in Reunion

Fregilupus varius, reunion starling
The reunion starling is an extinct bird native to the Mascarenes. It became extinct c. 1860

Eggs of Paradiseidae
Plate X from Novitates Zoologicae, Volume XVII, 1910. By Henrik Gronvold. Please see image 100056 for key

Mocking bird
An illustration (Plate 17, Birds) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Epimachus ellioti, elliots sicklebill
Plate from a first edition of Birds of New Guinea by John Gould (1804 - 1881)

Botany staff, March 1900. The Natural History Museum, Londo
Robert Hugh Bunting photographed his colleagues in a relaxed mood during March 1900

Bird-of-paradise
Plate 612 from Konrad Gesners Historia Animalium, Vol.3, (1555)

bird
A specimen collected by Dr A. Habel, labelled Camarhynchus variegatus

European Goldfinch
Illustration of a European Goldfinch by John Keulemans (1842-1912)

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, common redstart nest and eggs
Plate 54 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)

Red owl, warbling flycatcher, purple finch, brown lark
Page 82 from A. Wilsons American Ornithology, (1835). Annotated Red owl, Warbling flycatcher, Purple finch, Brown lark

Greater Bird of Paradise
Illustration of a Greater Bird of Paradise by Eleazar Albin

Sturnus vulgaris, starling

Anthus novaeseelandiae, New Zealand pipit
Watercolour 270 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Lark

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

Flycatcher, elliottia, purple malve and pipit
Drawin 19 from the Botanical and Zoological Drawings, 1756-1788 by William Bartram. Original artwork held in the Natural History Museum, London

Certhidea olivacea, warbler-finch
A specimen of a warbler-finch (Certhidea olivacea) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Specimen label for Geospiza difficilis, sharp-beaked ground
Second of three specimen labels for a finch collected by Dr A. Habel from Abingdon Island, Galapagos Islands in 1868

Geospiza fuliginosa, small ground finch
A specimen of a small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) collected by Robert FitzRoy in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Leiothrix argentauris, silver-eared mesia
Plate 221, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Nesomimus parvulus, Galapagos mockingbird
A specimen of a Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) collected by Charles Robert Darwin in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Certhidea olivacea fusca, warbler-finch
A specimen of a warbler-finch (Certhidea olivacea fusca) collected by Dr A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Camarhynchus prosthemelas
A specimen collected by Dr A. Habel, labelled Camarhynchus prosthemelas

Pyrrhoxcorax pyrrhocorax, red-billed chough
Plate 29 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Muscicapa striata, spotted flycatcher
Plate 120 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

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