Species Collection (page 20)

Gorilla Hunted
A gorilla defies his/her assailants : thanks to such episodes, by the 21st century, the gorilla will be an endangered species. Date: circa 1860

Origin Species, CH Bennett, title page
Like a bull at a gate. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of man from pig via bull. Title page

Oak / Quercus
Oak species with acorns Chene a fruits pedoncules

Opossum, 18th Century
Several species of opossum are found in New Holland (Australia); this may be the mulgara

Hoya / Flower & Leaves
An unspecifed plant. Possibly a species of Hoya or Wax flower. Here, the leaf shape is depicted, a stem and flower head

? Berberis Plant
An unspecifed plant. Possibly a species of BERBERIS with yellow flowers and holly like leaves

Snake-Gods of Ouidah
The people of Ouidah, Benin (West Africa) venerate a species of large non-poisonous snakes, whom they regard as protectors and allow to go freely in their villages

Snake-Temple, Ouidah
A species of large non- poisonous serpents are venerated as protectors by the people of Ouidah, Benin : they have their own temple-hut

LEMUR FULVUS is one of the LEMURIDAE, a rarely-seen because nocturnal species who live in Madagascar. (He is not a monkey though sharing monkey-like attributes)

Humming Birds - 2
(Trochilidae) Birds of this species depicted among tropical flora

Ostrich (Darwinii)
RHEA DARWINII A species of American ostrich

BARRACUDA / 1860
Two species of barracuda: PARALEPSIS COREGONOIDE SPHYRENE BARRACUDA

Cottus - Two Species
Cottus Ventralis Cottus Claviger

Oreosoma Coniferum
A species of fish native to Australia

Percophis Brasilianus
A species of ray-finned fish

Apistus: 2 Species
Apistus Trachinoides Apistus Monodactylus

Plants / Mixed Species
Jacaranda Mimosifolia with Allamanda Cathartica

Man with Violin 1926
A man sits in the doorway of a barn and plays the violin. His cat, not being a particulaly musical species, tries for a quick getaway

Primula Officinalis
PRIMULA species, more or less identical to PRIMULA VERIS (COWSLIP)

Plants / Orchis Morio
a native British orchid species

Alpine Species 1903
Alpine Flora: Campanula Zoysii; Campanula Thyrsoidia; Campanula Pusilla; Campanula Pulla; Campanula Barbata

Reine Claude
CLAUDE, first wife of Francois I : she gave her name to a species of greengage, to which she is pointing in this picture

Mushroom Agaricus
Agaricus species: either Campestris or Bisporus

Self-Preservation
The conservation of species - fashionably dressed animals make their way to the Ark : a satirical comment on society, each is bent on preserving his/her own

Ribbed-Nosebaboon / Bewick
The ribbed-nose baboon (cynocephalus species)

Mushrooms Walsh 1-6 1873
Various mushrooms of the Agaricus species: the poisonous item is labelled in green

Plants / Narcissus Species
DAFFODIL

Sarracenia Species
PITCHER PLANT with buttercup

Ranunculus Species
Bachelors Buttons

Penny Royal & Columbine
MENTHA PULEGIUM (Pennyroyal) & AQUILEGIA (Columbine) depicted with cabbage white butterflies & a yellow butterfly

Ragged Robin & Lily of V
CONVALLARIA (Lily-of-the- valley) & LYCHNIS FLOS- CUCULI (Ragged Robin) depicted with blue & yellow butterflies. Date: 1867

Flowers: sept & Oct 1863
Flowers of September & October: CRATAEGUS (Hawthorn, Haw Berries); BELLADONNA (Deadly Nightshade); CONVOLVULUS Greater Bindweed); RUBUS FRUTICOSUS (Blackberries)

Flowers May & June 1863
Flowers of May & June: VIOLA TRICOLOR (Heartsease, Wild Pansy); CRATAEGUS (Hawthorn, May blossom); ULEX UEROPAEUS (Gorse or Furze)

Sabines Snipe (Morris)
SABINEs SNIPE (Gallinago gallinago) This is not a separate species, just a darker form of the Common Snipe

Light Sussex Hen
A LIGHT SUSSEX HEN with her chicks (Gallus species)

Cock and Ducks
A barn-door cock and his harem hold the high ground as a family of ducks waddle past. (Gallus species)

Poultry in a Yard
A somewhat drab cock and hen eye a very fancy pair... (Gallus species)

Cock and Hens
Black-speckled cock and hens - probably Silver-laced Wyandottes {Gallus species)

Ostrich (Rengade)
Struthia species

Globe and Coffer Fish
Globe fish and coffer fish swimming together

A Carp and a Roach
A carp and a roach

A Barbel and a Dace
A barbel and a dace

Buffon / Monkeys
HISTOIRE NATURELLE A typical spread from the English edition of his Natural History, plates CCLXVIII and CCLXIX, depicting species of monkey

THE MALEO
MALEO megacephalon maleo Only one species of this genus is known - this is it !

Two Lizard Species
A pink-bellied leaf lizard (Stenocercus rosei ventris) and another smaller lizard type, labelled as Trachycyclus marmoratus

Flowers / Cassell s
Hedera Helix; Scilla (Wild Hyacinth); Corylus (Catkin); Cheiranthus; Dianthus; Bellis Perennis; Aesculus; Plantago Major; Arum

Mimosa, Pepper, Rhubarb
Mimosa cinerea, Jamaica pepper tree and turkey-rhubarb

Franciscea Etcive Floral
Franciscea Pohliana & Tropaeolum Brickwoodii, apparently?

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