Sauropsida Collection (page 18)

Red runt, pigeon
The skeleton of a pigeon, bred, examined and labelled by Charles Darwin as part of his research into evolution

A Nodde
A pencil sketch from the Drawings Collection of Thomas Malie (1726-42)

Galapagos finches
Finches collected in the Galapagos Islands during the voyage of the Beagle

Pyroderus scutatus masoni, red-ruffed fruitcrow
Specimen of a red-ruffed fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus masoni), held at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Side view of a Baryonyx snout
Baryonyx was a carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Lower Cretaceous period around 125 million years ago. Photographed by Phil Crabb

Cathartes aura, turkey-vulture
Feathers from a turkey-vulture (Cathartes aura). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Hummingbirds in a cabinet
One of twenty-four images detailing specimens inside the hummingbird cabinet in the Natural History Museums Bird Gallery

Pre-historic creature by Benjamin Hawkins
Watercolour by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Undulated parakeet
Plate by Frederick Polydore Nodder from George Shaws The Naturalist Miscellany, Vol. 16, (1751-1813)

Hirundo sp. swallow
A photograph of one of the many animals deaturing in the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall

Pouter, domestic pigeon
This pigeon is from the collection of domestic pigeons donated to the Natural History Museum by Charles Darwin in 1867. The bird probably came from Darwins own aviaries

Bird from decorative ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a bird painted in gold

Alligator mississippiensis, alligator
Hand coloured lithograph from final volume of Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle complcte des Reptiles (1854) by A.M.C. Dumeril, G. Bibron, and A. Dumeril

Boulengerula taitanus, taita caecilian tooth
Tooth of the young specialized for peeling mothers skin

Hyperodapedon
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Turtle skull bivalve
PDT unreg. Steinkern or internal cast of an unidentified bivalve, Cretaceous, North Carolina, U.S.A

Parakeet undulated
Parrakeet undulated, article taken from George Shaws The Naturalists Miscellany vol. 16, 1751-1813

Black bass
Illustration by Sir William Coles Paget Medlycott (1831-1887)

Buteo buteo, common buzzard
A common buzzard (Buteo buteo), taken by an unknown photographer

John Goulds hummingbird cases
As Curator and Preserver to the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, in 1851 John Gould compiled an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds which were displayed in 24 custom-made cases

Anser anser, greylag goose
Feathers from the greylag goose (Anser anser)

Watercolour of a bird by Olivia Fanny Tonge
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge. 180mm x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Various Pyroderus scutatus subspecies in storage at the Natural History Museum at Tring

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