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Dendroica tigrina Cape May warbler Vermivora chrysoptera golPlate 414 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
Calidris pusilla, semipalmated sandpiperPlate 405 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
Calidris canutus, red knotPlate 315 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
Tringa solitaria, solitary sandpiperPlate 289 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
Actitis macularius, spotted sandpiperPlate 310 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
Charadrius semipalmatus, semipalmated ploverPlate 330 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
Calidris melanotos, pectoral sandpiperPlate 294 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
Tringa melanoleuca, greater yellowlegsPlate 308 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
Calidris alpina, dunlinPlate 290 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
Calidris himantopus, stilt-sandpiperPlate 344 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
Puffinus puffinus, Manx shearwaterPlate 295 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
Aythya americana, redheadPlate 322 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
Botaurus lentiginosus, American bitternPlate 337 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
Anas americana, American widgeonPlate 345 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
Charadrius montanus, mountain ploverPlate 350 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
Tringa flavipes, lesser yellowlegsPlate 288 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
Puffinus lherminieri, Audubons shearwaterPlate 299 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
Morus bassanus, northern gannetPlate 326 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
Gavia arctica, black-throated diverPlate 346 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
Anas strepera, gadwallPlate 348 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
Hydrobates pelagicus, European storm petrelPlate 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
Coturnicops noveboracensis, yellow railPlate 329 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
Aythya valisineria, canvasbackPlate 301 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
Anas rubripes, American black duckPlate 302 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
Calidris minutilla, least sandpiperPlate 320 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
Podiceps nigricollis, black-necked grebePlate 404 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
Dendroica fusca, Dendroica virens, Oporornis tolmieiPlate 399 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
Parabuteo unicinctus, Harris hawkPlate 392 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
CheirotheriumArid desert of Triassic Britain with imagined reconstructions of Cheirotherium ( hand-beast ), a labyrinthodont reptile, whose prints are common in Triassic rocks but no remains have been found
Gallus gallus, red junglefowl eggThe egg of a red junglefowl (gallus gallus). Specimen held in the Natural History Museum at Tring
Bycanistes brevis, silvery-cheeked hornbillWatercolour and pencil by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1940). One of twenty-three species of hornbill found in Africa
Picus viridis, green woodpeckerPencil and monochrome wash by Frederick William Frohawk sketched from life as seen through a telescope, (c. 1920)
Nephrite owl carvingStages in carving an owl in nephrite. Nephrite is actually not a mineral outright, but is a variety of the mineral actinolite
Quartz box and carved lizardAn ornamental box set with different quartz stones (silicon dioxide) including a large central citrine together with a carved lizard in cat s-eye quartz
Circaetus gallicus, short-toed eagleA watercolour by an unknown artist, part of the Lord Ashton Collection
Rhipidura albicollis, white-throated fantail nestA painting by Khuleelooddeen, (c. 1830-40)
Certhia himalayana, himalayan treecreeperA gouache by Khuleelooddeen, (c. 1830-40)
Grus anigone, Sarus crane eggsGouache by an unknown artist, (c. 1830-40). Part of the Jardine Collection
Strix nebulosa, great grey owlClose-up photograph of a great grey owl (Strix nebulosa), which can be found from Scandinavia across Siberia to Sakhalin, Alaska, Canada, and parts of the nothwestern United States
Dodo, peacocks and turkeysPlate XXVII from Francies Willughbys ornithologi libri tres : in quibus Aves omnes hactenus cognit... describuntur... Totum opus recognovit, di gessit, supplevit J. Raius, &c, 1676
Crocodylus cataphractus, African slender-snouted crocodileThe skull belonging to an African slender-snouted crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus). Growing up to a length of 4 metres, this species of crocodile is native to North Western Africa