Perching Collection (page 6)

Hummingbirds in a cabinet
One of twenty-four images detailing specimens inside the hummingbird cabinet in the Natural History Museums Bird Gallery

Watercolour of a bird by Olivia Fanny Tonge
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge. 180mm x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

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

Sylvia communis, greater whitethroat
Plate 174 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)

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

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

Cuculus canorus, common cuckoo
Plate 139 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)

Bird illustration from Sir Hans Sloanes Natural History of
Illustration from Sir Hans Sloanes Natural History of Jamaica, Vol. 2 (1707-25)

Scythrops novaehollandiae, channel-billed cuckoo
Detail of watercolour Large Series 12 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Gre-re-e-gang. See also image 12512

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

Stercorarius parasiticus, parasitic jaeger
Plate 272 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), 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

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

Ninox novaseelandiae, morepork
Ff. 39. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Strix fulva and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Puffinus gravis, great shearwater
Plate 283 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

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

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)

Chrysococcyx lucidus, shining bronze cuckoo
Ff. 57. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Cuculus nitens lucidus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ectopistes migratorius, passenger pigeon
Plate 62 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

Zonotrichia leucophrys, white crowned sparrow
Plate 114 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

Protonotaria citrea, prothonotary warbler
Plate 3 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh

Columbina passerina, common ground dove
Plate 182 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

Vini peruviana, blue lorikeet
Ff. 49. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Psittacus sapphirinus, Psittacus taitianus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Trogon viridis, white-tailed trogon
Plate 21, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or family of Trogons, (1838)

Fulmarus glacialis, northern fulmar
Plate 264 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Parus hudsonicus, boreal chickadee
Plate 194 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 fusca, Blackburnian warbler
Plate 135 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

Vireo solitarius, blue-headed vireo
Plate 28 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

Empidonax traillii, willow flycatcher
Plate 45 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

Ammodramus caudacutus, saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow
Plate 149 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

Zenaida aurita, zenaida dove
Plate 162 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

Mniotilta varia, black and white warbler
Plate 90 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

Carduelis pinus, pine siskin
Plate 180 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

Carpodacus purpureus, purple finch
Plate 4 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh

Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae, red-fronted parakeet
Ff. 46. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Psittacus pacificus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Urodynamis taitensis, long-tailed koel
Ff. 56. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Cuculus fasciatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Leucosticte arctoa brunneonucha, Asian rosy finch
Plate 4 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 5, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Catharus guttatus, hermit thrush
Plate 58 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

Chlidonias niger, black tern
Plate 280 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Psittacus erithacus, grey parrot
An illustration from John Gerrard Keulemans A Natural History of Cage Birds, (1871)

Laniarius ferrugineus, southern boubou
Ff. 41. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Lanius cafer and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Oriolus traillii, maroon oriole
Plate 74 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 2, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Strix varia, barred owl
Plate 46 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

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