Sauropsida Collection (page 13)

Aptenodytes forsteri, Emperor penguin eggs
Eggs of Aptenodytes forsteri (Emperor penguin) brought back from Apsley Cherry-Garrards 1911 Antarctic expedition. The holes were made to allow investigation of the embryos

Numenius arquata, Eurasian curlew
Plate 17 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Cinclus cinclus, white-throated dipper
Plate 122 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Animated model of Tyrannosaurus rex made by Kokoro, and exhibited in the North Hall in June 1999

Unidientified sunbird nest
Plate 64, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

LS Plate 103 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 103 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

LS Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Philomacus pugnax, ruff
Plate 62 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Dinoris sp. moa skeletons
Inscribed J. Benjamin Stone, July 1907. Held in the Natural History Museum Archive PH 128/6

Stercorarius skua, great skua
Plate 78 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Orthotomus sutorius, common tailorbird nest

Aratinga solstitialis, sun parakeet
Plate 19 painting by Louis Bourquet from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, Vol. 1, (1801). Annotated La Perruche Ara Guarouba, femelle

Ardea sp. Heron
Ff. 112. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Fulmarus glacialoides, southern fulmar
Ff. 91. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria glacialis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Gastroliths, stomach stones
Swallowed by dinosaurs these stones remained in the stomach where they assisted in grinding the toughest food to a more easily digested paste. Largest is 72mm long

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)

Leptocoma zeylonicus, purple-rumped sunbird
Plate 56, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Nycticorax caledonicus, rufous night heron
Ff. 111. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea ferruginea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Pycnonotus aurigaster, sooty-headed bulbul
Plate 45, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Cynoramphus zealandicus, black-fronted parakeet
Plate 8, (1:8) a watercolour by Sydney Parkinson from Sir Joseph Banks commission of natural history drawings from Captain James Cooks first voyage (Endeavour 1768-1771). Annotated Psittacus varieatus

Homoeosaurus maximiliani
A fossil specimen of Homoeosaurus maximiliani, a Sphenodontid lizard which dates back to the Triassic period. This specimen was discovered at the Kimeridgian Lithographic stone, Kelheim, Bavaria

Turdus poliocephalus, island thrush
Ff. 151. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turdus xanthopus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Sturnus roseus, rosy starling
Plate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Porphyrio porphirio poliocephalus, purple swamphen
Plate 93, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Cygnus cygnus, whooper swan
Plate 9 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Amaurornis flavirostra, black crake
Ff. 132. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Rallus aethiops and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ceryle rudis, pied kingfisher
Plate 32, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Amaurornis phoenicurus, white-breasted waterhen
Plate 92, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

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)

Dinosaur footprints
Trackway evidence. A track from Lark Quarry, Australia showing footprints of some smaller dinosaurs covering one of a big hunter. Specimen block measures 78cm x 90cm

Psittaculirostris sp. fig parrot
Plate 11, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Sula dactylatra, masked booby
Ff. 107. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Pelecannus piscator and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

LS Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Plate 99 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 99 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

LS Plate 104 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 104, snakes illustration from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Egretta sacra, Pacific reef egret
Ff. 114. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Ardea jugularis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Puffinus griseus, sooty shearwater
Ff. 94 Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated procell fuliginosa and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Passer jagoensis
Illustration of the Passer jagoensis from St. Jago, Cape Verde Islands. Plate 31 from Zoology of the Beagle 1832-1836, Part 3 Birds by John Gould

Otis tarda, great bustard
Plate 17 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Anthus campestris, tawny pipit
Plate 9 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus, chattering lory
Plate 15, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Polytelis anthopeplus, Regent parrot
Plate 28 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph

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

Ptilinopus sp. fruit dove
Plate 80, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57). Annotated Ptilinopus melanocephalus

LS Plate 13 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 13, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Gallicolumba erythroptera, Polynesian ground dove
Ff. 136. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Columba leucophrys and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Treron pompadora, pompadour green pigeon
Plate 79, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

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