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Petrel Collection

Background imagePetrel Collection: Inca tern, Larosterna inca, and white-headed

Inca tern, Larosterna inca, and white-headed petrel, Pterodroma lessonii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Background imagePetrel Collection: Giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus

Giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus (as Precellaria gigantea, error for Procellaria gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Background imagePetrel Collection: STORMY PETREL

STORMY PETREL
STORM / STORMY PETREL (Procellaria pelagica) Date: 1851

Background imagePetrel Collection: Percival Q. 6 Petrel G-AHOM

Percival Q. 6 Petrel G-AHOM
Percival Q.6 Petrel G-AHOM used as a company hack. Date: circa 1960

Background imagePetrel Collection: Specimen labels for Herald petrel Pterodroma, arminjoniana a

Specimen labels for Herald petrel Pterodroma, arminjoniana a
Specimen labels for herald petrel collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Background imagePetrel Collection: Herald petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana arminjoniana

Herald petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana arminjoniana
Specimen collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Background imagePetrel Collection: Percival Q6 Petrel, P5639, of the Royal Air Force

Percival Q6 Petrel, P5639, of the Royal Air Force

Background imagePetrel Collection: Procellaria cinerea, grey petrel

Procellaria cinerea, grey petrel
Ff. 92. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated laria inexpectata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imagePetrel Collection: The stormy petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

The stormy petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
The stormy petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus). Parker, Richard Dunscombe 1805 - 1881

Background imagePetrel Collection: White-naped Petrel, Pterodroma cervicalis

White-naped Petrel, Pterodroma cervicalis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 58 Date: 1888

Background imagePetrel Collection: Various birds

Various birds: a snipe, a pelican with a fish in its beak, an ibis before the pyramids, a penguin, a stormy petrel, and a swan

Background imagePetrel Collection: Lockheed P2V-6B Neptune 128415

Lockheed P2V-6B Neptune 128415
Lockheed P2V-6B Neptune, 128415, launching a Petrel ASM

Background imagePetrel Collection: Oceanites maorianus, New Zealand strom petrel

Oceanites maorianus, New Zealand strom petrel
This skin is one of only three in the world that can prove the New Zealand storm petrel is a living species

Background imagePetrel Collection: Pagodroma nivea, snow petrel

Pagodroma nivea, snow petrel
Ff. 90. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Procellaria nivea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imagePetrel Collection: Macronectes giganteus, southern giant petrel

Macronectes giganteus, southern giant petrel
Ff. 93a. Pencil drawing by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imagePetrel Collection: Bulwers Petrel

Bulwers Petrel
Illustration of Bulwers Petrel by William Jardine

Background imagePetrel Collection: Pterodorma lessonii, white-headed petrel

Pterodorma lessonii, white-headed petrel
Ff. 98. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria leucocephala made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imagePetrel Collection: Thalassoica antarctica, Antarctic petrel

Thalassoica antarctica, Antarctic petrel
Ff. 95. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria antarctica made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imagePetrel Collection: Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Leachs storm petrel

Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Leachs storm petrel
Plate 85 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imagePetrel Collection: Daption capense, Cape petrel

Daption capense, Cape petrel
Ff. 96. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria antarctica made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imagePetrel Collection: Pterodroma inexpectata, mottled petrel

Pterodroma inexpectata, mottled petrel
Ff. 97. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria haesitata made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imagePetrel Collection: Hydrobates pleagicus, European storm petrel

Hydrobates pleagicus, European storm petrel
Plate 197 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imagePetrel Collection: Halobaena caerulea, blue petrel

Halobaena caerulea, blue petrel
Ff. 86. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria fimilis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imagePetrel Collection: Oceandroma leucorhoa, Leachs storm-petrel

Oceandroma leucorhoa, Leachs storm-petrel
Plate 260 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

Background imagePetrel Collection: Pterodroma solandri, Providence petrel

Pterodroma solandri, Providence petrel
Drawing No. 70, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Background imagePetrel Collection: Oceanites oceanicus, Wilsons storm petrel

Oceanites oceanicus, Wilsons storm petrel
Plate 270 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

Background imagePetrel Collection: Pterodroma macroptera, great-winged petrel

Pterodroma macroptera, great-winged petrel
Ff. 93b. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria fuliginosa and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imagePetrel Collection: Hydrobates pelagicus, European storm petrel

Hydrobates pelagicus, European storm petrel
Plate 340 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imagePetrel Collection: Dusky Petrel (Morris)

Dusky Petrel (Morris)
Though Morris calls this a DUSKY PETREL, we know of no bird with that name, and it looks more like a Manx Shearwater than anything else


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