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Pinguinus impennis, great auk1 of 6 shots of Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century
Antler moth, Lygephila lusoria and feathered footmanAntler moth, Cerapteryx graminis 1, 2, Lygephila lusoria 3, 4, and feathered footman, Coscinia striata 5-8. Phalaena graminis, tricuspis, grammica
Angela Baddeley with her daughter JaneActress Angela Baddeley (4 July 1904 22 February 1976) with her little daughter June from her marriage with Stephen Thomas
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2589United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-2589 (MSN 17725) 13 December 1958: First flight. 21 January 1959: 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE
Morland Old Speckled Hen Anniversary Brew
LYCOPERDON COELATUM LYCOPERDON GEMMATUM (edible) Date: 1876
Speckled footman, Staurophora celsia and herald mothSpeckled footman, Coscinia cribraria 1, Staurophora celsia 2, 3, and herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix 4-8. Phalaena Bombyx cribrum, celsia, libatrix
Speckled lichen, Lecanographa lyncea (Lichen lynceus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800
European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (speckled tortoise, Testudo europaea) and variety, la Ronde, Testudo orbicularis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George
Spotted sea hare, Aplysia punctataSpotted sea hare or speckled aplysia, Aplysia punctata. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw
Meadow brown, eudore variety, ringlet and speckled woodMeadow brown, Maniola jurtina, eudore, Satyrus eudora, ringlet, Epinephele hyperanthus, and speckled wood, Pararge aegeria
Exotic cicadas and waspsSpeckled black cicada, Gaeana maculata 1, Platypleura capensis 2, Lystra lanata 3, Andrena thoracica 4, Acrotelsa collaris 5, hoverfly, Milesia virginiensis 6, and paper wasp, polistes annularis 7
Redpoll-Bullfinch Hybrid. Date: 1933
Curtis British Entomology Plate 647Lepidoptera: Venilia quadrimaculata = Pseudopanthera macularia (Speckled Yellow, ab. quadrimaculata) [Plant: Pyrola minor (Lesser Winter-green)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 56Lepidoptera: Eulepia cribrum = Coscinia cribraria (Speckled Footman) [Plant: Alopecurus agrestis (Field Fox-tail Grass)] Date: 1824-39
SchistA garnet schist from Moidart, Scotland. This specimen is a medium-grained metamorphic rock
Greetings card in the shape of a birds egg. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan DoylePromotional postcard for The Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from his own short story. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 4th June 1910. The scene is Holmess sitting room in Baker Street
Tristrams great auk eggTristrams great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century
Bullocks great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century. 1962.1.5 (composite image) Date: 1962
Shargottite Sayh al Uhaymir 008 meteoriteShargottite Sayh al Uhaymir 008, found in Oman in 1999. The specimen is about 10cm long. SNCs (Sherogtty, Nakhla and Chassigny) are a group of stony meteorites thought to come from Mars
Biston betularia, peppered mothTwo specimens of the same species of moth illustrating industrial melanism, which is abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
Proverbs / Counting ChicksA black speckled hen and her chicks on an Easter postcard
Agriocharis ocellata eggsEggs of Ocellated Turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, laid at the aviary at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, from the Natural History Museum collections at Tring
Conopophila albogularis egg, Gould CollectionEgg of Rufous-banded honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis, collected by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia on December 5th 1840 Date: 1840
Turnix castanota egg, from Gould CollectionEgg of the Chestnut-backed Buttonquail, Turnix castanota, collected by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 5th March 1841 Date: 1841
Oriolus sagittatus affinis eggsEggs of Olive-backed oriole, Oriolus sagittatus affinis, found by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 4th December 1840 Date: 1840
Dendrocygna arcuata australia eggsEggs of wandering whistling duck, Dendrocygna arcuata, collected by John Gilbert in Australia, 4th March 1841. All five are type specimens. Date: 1841
Eulabeornis castaneoventris eggEgg of Chestnut Rail, Eulabeornis castaneoventris, collected in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia
Megapodius reinwardt tumulus eggsEggs of the orange-footed scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt tumulus, collected by John MacGillivray in Port Essington, Northern Territory, November 1844 Date: 1844
Numida meleagris, Helmeted Guineafowl, femaleSkin of guineafowl collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 17/8/1883. Original NHM label: Numida ptilorhyncha 1887.9.28.28. Date: 1887
Dr Leachs 139 great auk eggDr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century
Cat and bird by Muriel DawsonA black cat on a pole, and a bird (speckled thrush), by Muriel Dawson Date: 1920s
Poland fowls and speckled Hamburg hensCocks and chickens: Poland fowls and speckled Hamburgs
Bloodstone or heliotrope carvingsThese frogs were carved from bloodstone by Paul Dreher. Bloodstone is green agate containing speckles of red jasper. All these derive from the cryptocrystalline quartz group
Clutch of eggs
Plate 118 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 121 from the John Reeves Collection
Plate 119 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 117 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
LS Plate 160 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 128 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Mite in amber
The Estherville mesosiderite formed after a catastrophic collision between two asteroids. Mesosiderites are an irregular jumble of metal grains and angular pieces of rock
Turdus philomelos, song thrush eggThe egg of a song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Orthoclase (potassium aluminum silicate) is a major granite forming mineral. Specimen from Brevik, Norway
Parnallee LL3. 6 ordinary chondriteParnallee fell in India in 1857. The cut surface clearly shows well-delineated chondrules and slightly larger clasts
Struthio camelus, ostrich eggThe egg of an ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Olivine comprises of (magnesium iron silicate) and is a common source of magnesium. Peridot is the gemstone variety of olivine. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London
Catharus guttatus, hermit thrushPlate 58 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wren nest and eggsPlate 68 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)
Stone meteoriteThis meteorite is unmelted and is therefore known as a chondrite. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Phylloscopus orientalis, eastern bonellis warblerEastern bonellis warbler egg specimens
Locustella certhiola, rusty-rumped warblerRusty-rumped warbler egg specimens
Serinus pusillus, red-fronted serinRed-fronted serin egg specimens
Parus bokharensis, turkestan tit
Calandrella raytal, indian short-toed larkIndian short-toed lark egg specimens
Parus lugubris, sombre titSombre Tit egg specimens
Oenanthe monacha, hooded wheatearHooded wheatear egg specimens
Mycerobas carnipes, white-winged grosbeak eggsThree white-winged grosbeak egg specimens
Phylloscopus ibericus, iberian chiffchaffIberian chiffchaff egg specimens
Oenanthe lugens, mourning wheatearMourning wheatear egg specimens
Phylloscopus bonelli, western bonellis warblerWestern Bonellis Warbler egg specimens
Dicrurus macrocercus, black drongoBlack drongo egg specimens
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
Granite from Ailsa CraigA photomicrograph of granite taken between crossed polarisers. Granite is an igneous rock
Rock Warbler from New South Wales, AustraliaA rock warbler hunting an insect, New South Wales, Australia. 1822
Proud Frog (Folkard)THE PROUD FROG " Was it so big? says the old frog, swelling & blowing up her speckled body to a great degree." Date: 1912
Strange bird squawks at a manA strange bird with webbed feet squawks at a man
Lear / Nonsense / CreteThere was a Young Person of Crete, whose toilette was far from complete; She dressed in a sack, spickle-speckled with black, that ombliferous person of Crete
Elfen sprite standing in the undergrowthA young elfen sprite standing in the undergrowth near a speckled toadstool. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith set in a circular border
Tiger Moth and OthersWood Tiger Moth Cinnabar Moth Crimson Speckled Footman with its Caterpillar
Cock and HensBlack-speckled cock and hens - probably Silver-laced Wyandottes {Gallus species)
FUNGHI / CORDIER 49 1876PHALLUS IMPUDICUS (poisonous)
Holmes / Veiled Woman / C19THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND " Very early one morning, a young woman, dressed in black, came to see us..."
Sherlock Holmes / AngryTHE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND Holmes lashes out at the band trained by the sinister Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Date: First published: 1892
