Passerine Collection (page 5)

Camarhynchus psittacula habeli, large tree finch
A specimen of a large tree finch (Camarhynchus psittacula) collected by Dr A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Menura novaehollandiae, superb lyrebird
An image of a male superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Cicinnurus regius, king bird-of-paradise
Plate 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 finch
A specimen of a large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Geospiza fortis, medium ground finch
A 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) brachiopods
A collection of stone swallow (Shih-yen) brachiopods from the Devonian rocks of China

Galapagos finches
Finches collected in the Galapagos Islands during the voyage of the Beagle

Pyroderus scutatus masoni, red-ruffed fruitcrow
Specimen of a red-ruffed fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus masoni), held at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Hirundo sp. swallow
A photograph of one of the many animals deaturing in the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall

Stone River, Sparrow Cove, Falkland Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Various Pyroderus scutatus subspecies in storage at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Four species of Galapagos finch
With different beaks. From Charles Darwins Journal of Researches

Saxicola rubetra, whinchat
Plate 170 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Turdus philomelos, song thrush egg
The egg of a song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Paroaria coronata, red-crested cardinal
Plate 157 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Ptiloris paradiseus, paradise riflebird
Plate 100, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.4, (1840-1848)

Sylvia communis, greater whitethroat
Plate 174 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Riparia riparia, sand martin
Plate 128 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Turdus merula, Eurasian blackbird
Plate 185 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Oenanthe oenanthe, northern wheatear
Plate 187 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Le Merle palmiste, blackbird in cabbage tree
Plate 70 from Vieillots Histoire naturelle de oiseaux d Amerique Central Volume 12. The Natural History of Birds from Central America

Scientists at play, 1899
An attendant in the Botany Library, Robert Hugh Bunting captured his colleagues at play in this humorous private photograph of Museum life taken in 1899

Finch
An illustration from the Zoology of the Beagle

Anthus sp. pipit
Plate 132 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bowerbird
Plate 11, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.4, (1840-1848)

Fringilla coelebs, chaffinch
Plate 148 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Oriolus xanthornus, black-hooded Oriole
Plate 165 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Motacilla alba yarrelli, pied wagtail
Plate 130 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Sitta europaea, Eurasian nuthatch
An Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) about to land

Certhia familiaris, Eurasian treecreeper
Plate 145 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Corvus monedula, Eurasian jackdaw
Plate 163 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Pitangus sulphuratus, great kiskadee
A male specimen of the great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) held at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Sylvia Carbanta, carbonated warbler
Plate 60 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

Vireo gilvus, warbling vireo
Plate 118 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

Dendroica striata, blackpoll warbler
Plate 133 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

Wilsonia pusilla, Wilsons warbler
Plate 124 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

Cistothorus palustris, marsh wren
Plate 98 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

Diphyllodes magnificus / Cicinnurus regius, hybrid magnificen
Plate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol.1 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Geothlypis trichas, common yellowthroat
Plate 24 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

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, cliff swallow
Plate 68 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

Pipilo erythropthalmus, eastern towhee
Plate 29 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

Amandava amandava, red avadavat
Watercolour by Frederick Ditmas (c. 1840)

Vireo griseus, white-eyed vireo
Plate 63 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

Anthus spinoletta, water pipit
Plate 10 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh

Vireo flavifrons, yellow-throated vireo
Plate 119 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

Prosthemadera noveseelandiae, tui
Ff. 61. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Certhia cincinnata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Tichodroma muraria, wallcreeper
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

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