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Calidris ferruginea, curlew sandpiperPlate 263 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
Sitta pusilla, brown-headed nuthatchPlate 125 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
Turtle shellA close up image of turtle shell depicting the interlocking hexagonal plates
Snake skin
Varanus gouldii, Goulds monitorPlate 151 from Natural History of Victoria (1887) by Sir Frederick McCoy
Varanus eremius and Varanus gilleriRusty desert monitor (Varanus eremius) and pigmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleri). Plate 8 from Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia (1896)
Lacerta viridis, green lizardPlate 38 from Proc. Zoological Society London, 1884 of various views of a green lizard. Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Lorius garrulus, chattering loryPlate 72 from Christian Ludwig Brehms Monographie der Papageien (1855)
Phorusrhacus longissmus
Dinosaurs GalleryA wide-angle view of the Natural History Museums Dinosaur Galery
Ophthalmosaurus icenius, ichthyosaurClose up of the eye socket of an extinct marine reptile from the Middle Jurassic (161-157 million years ago) on display in the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London
Ichthyosaurus communis, ichthyosaurClose up of the jaw of an ichthyosaur specimen on display at The Natural History Museum, London. Specimen collected by Mary Anning
Emydoidea blandingi, Blandings terrapinSmall North American Blandings terrapins. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London
Reptile specimens in the Darwin CentreVarious reptile specimens stored in spirit in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London
Crocodilus niloticus, Nile crocodile eggsThe Natural History Museums collections include examples of earlier life history stages as well as adults, and these are also preserved in spirit
Tropidolaemus wagleri, green pit viperAlso known as the temple viper or Waglers pit viper. It is a tree dwelling snake found in South-east Asia. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Zoological specimens in the Darwin CentreSpecimens in spirit jars stored in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London. Assembled over hundreds of years
Man wearing snake, 1930sThis young man, possibly a junior member of the Zoology Department, is posing with a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) that presumably had just arrived at the Museum
Open case with snake skeleton, 1939. The Natural History MuThis Indian python skeleton, Python molurus, is still on display today
Haliaeetus albicilla, white-tailed sea eagle skeletonThe skeleton of a white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), housed at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Clamator jacobinus, jacobin cuckooPlate 2, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Parus major, great titPlate 4, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Rhopocichla atriceps, dark-fronted babblerPlate 5, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Turdoides subrufus, rufous babblerPlate 16, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Acritillas indica icterica, yellow-browed bulbulPlate 15, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Prinia inornata, plain priniaPlate 17, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Streptopelia chinensis, spotted-necked dovePlate 21, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Monticola solitarius, blue rock thrushPlate 19, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Tarsiger indicus, white-browed scrub-robinPlate 22, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Taccocua leschenaultii, sirkeer malkohaPlate 23, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Columba elphinstonii, Nilgiri woodpigeonPlate 26, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Turdoides striatus malabaricus, jungle babblerPlate 34, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Picus xanthopygaeus, Picus squamatusPlate 35, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Cecropis daurica, red-rumped swallowPlate 39, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Dendrocitta leucogastra, white-billed treepiePlate 41, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Megalaima viridis, white-cheeked barbetPlate 1, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Motacilla maderaspatensis, white-browed wagtailPlate 8, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Iduna rama, Sykes warblerPlate 9, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Prinia socialis, ashy priniaPlate 11, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Myophonus horsfieldii, Malabar whistling thrushPlate 13, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Pellorneum ruficeps, puff-throated babblerPlate 25, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Sitta frontalis, velvet-fronted nuthatchPlate 28, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Alcippe poioicephala, brown-cheeked fulvettaPlate 30, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Eumyias albicaudata, Nilgiri verditer flycatcherPlate 31, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Celeus brachyurus, rufous woodpeckerPlate 34, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Dendrocopos moluccensis hardwickii, brown-capped woodpeckerPlate 36, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Dicrurus aeneus, bronzed drongoPlate 44, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
