Sauropsida Collection (page 15)

Tommaso Salvadori (1835-1923)
Count Adelaro Tommaso Salvadori Paleotti was one of ten eminent ornithologists who assisted Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Head of the Bird Section. Image shows Tommaso working on flamingoes, c. 1890

Rhipidura fuliginosa, New Zealand fantail
Ff. 155. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Muscicapa ventilabrum and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Bauers parrakeet, Platycercus baueri
Plate from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph

Sharovisaurus karatauensis
Fossil lizard from Kara Tau, Kasakhstan, USSR. Cast

Lalage leucopyga, long-tailed triller
Ff. 159. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Muscicapa naevia and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ducula bicolor, pied imperial pigeon
Plate 78, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

LS Plate 7 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 7, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Chalcophaps indica, emerald dove
Plate 82, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Rhamphorynchus longiceps
A fossil Jurassic pterosaur from the Lithographic Stone, Eichstatt, Germany

Artamus leucorhynchus, white-breasted woodswallow
Ff. 165. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Motacilla longiceps and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Amazona barbadensis, yellow-shouldered parrot
Plate 61 painting by Louis Bourquet from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, Vol. 1, (1801). Annotated La Perruche a Epaulettes jaunes

LS Plate 106 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 106 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Tringa erythropus, spotted redshank
Plate 55 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ptilinopus tannensis, Tanna fruit dove
Ff. 138. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Columba xanthura and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Limicola falcinellus, broad-billed sandpiper
Plate 75 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

From M. G. Perecca to G. A. Boulenger
A letter from M.G. Perecca to G.A. Boulenger featuring an illustration of a chameleon. 27 January 1906. DF 235/18/6/38

Diomedia exulans
Unfinished watercolour Diomedia exulans by Sydney Parkinson, from Volume 1, plate 25

Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus, scaly-breasted lorikeet

Orthotomus sutorius, common tailorbird
Plate 60, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Turdus ulietensis (Turdus badius), bay thrush. Also known as
Ff. 146. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turdus badius and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Eretmochelys imbricata, Hawksbill turtle
George Forster illustration of Hawksbill turtle. Plate 169

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, mocking cliffchat
Plate 91, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Accipiter badius, shikra
Plate 2, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Streptopelia chinensis suratensis, spotted-necked dove
Plate 84, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

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)

Circus melanoleucos, pied harrier
Plate 1, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Ardea cinerea, grey heron
Ff. 113. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Philesturnus carunculatus, saddleback
Ff. 144. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Sturnus carunculatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Picture No. 10717365
The Hummingbird case on display in the Natural History Museums Bird Gallery

Plate 97 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)

Rhynchosaurus skull
This skull measuring 78mm belongs to an extinct genus of reptile called Rhynchosaurus. It lived during the Triassic period and fossils have been found in Africa, Europe and Brazil

Columber kargi

Rallus sp. Rail
Plate 90, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Dendrocygna javanica, lesser whistling duck
Plate 98, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Crateropus sp
Plate 52, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57). Annotated Crateropus sp

Excavating a Mosasaur skull
Title page picture from Histoire Naturelle de la Montagne de St Pierre de Maestricht by Faujas de Saint Fond, 1799. Mosasaur was a carnivorous marine reptile from the Cretaceous period

Troglodytes troglodytes, wren
Plate from Paul Jerrards Gems for the Drawing Room:(British) Birds (1852). Hand coloured lithograph

Aerodramus leucophaeus, Polynesian swiftlet
Ff. 168. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Hirundo peruviana and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Geosaurus gracilis
The fossil skeleton of the Geosaurus gracilis, an extinct aquatic crocodylian which lived during the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous periods

Diatryma steini skull
Specimen of a Diatryma steini skull found in South Elk Creek, Bighorn basin, Wyoming, USA. Lower Eocene, 55-50 million years old

Pliosaurus ferox tooth
A fossil tooth that once belonged to the extinct carnivorous marine reptile, Pliosaurus ferox that lived during the Jurasic period

Asps design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Passenger pigeon design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Falco peregrinus, falcon
A watercolour by William MacGillivray, 1839. Original artwork held in the Natural History Museum, London, 545 x 750 mm

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae, red-necked avocet
Watercolour 334 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled American Avoset

Various Water Birds
Illustration of Various Water Birds by James Hope Stewart

Eurasian Spoonbill
Illustration of a Eurasian Spoonbill by John Selby

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