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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
Bucephala islandica, Barrows goldeneyePlate 403 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)
Pucrasia macrolopha, koklass pheasantWatercolour by Rajman Singh (c. 1856-64)
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