Speckled Collection

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
1 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 footman
Antler 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 Jane
Actress Angela Baddeley (4 July 1904 22 February 1976) with her little daughter June from her marriage with Stephen Thomas

Morland Old Speckled Hen Anniversary Brew

LYCOPERDON COELATUM LYCOPERDON GEMMATUM (edible) Date: 1876

Speckled footman, Staurophora celsia and herald moth
Speckled 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 punctata
Spotted 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 wood
Meadow brown, Maniola jurtina, eudore, Satyrus eudora, ringlet, Epinephele hyperanthus, and speckled wood, Pararge aegeria

Exotic cicadas and wasps
Speckled 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 647
Lepidoptera: Venilia quadrimaculata = Pseudopanthera macularia (Speckled Yellow, ab. quadrimaculata) [Plant: Pyrola minor (Lesser Winter-green)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 56
Lepidoptera: Eulepia cribrum = Coscinia cribraria (Speckled Footman) [Plant: Alopecurus agrestis (Field Fox-tail Grass)] Date: 1824-39

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2589
United 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

Schist
A 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 Doyle
Promotional 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 egg
Tristrams 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 meteorite
Shargottite 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 moth
Two specimens of the same species of moth illustrating industrial melanism, which is abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)

Proverbs / Counting Chicks
A black speckled hen and her chicks on an Easter postcard

Agriocharis ocellata eggs
Eggs 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 Collection
Egg 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 Collection
Egg 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 eggs
Eggs 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 eggs
Eggs of wandering whistling duck, Dendrocygna arcuata, collected by John Gilbert in Australia, 4th March 1841. All five are type specimens. Date: 1841

Eulabeornis castaneoventris egg
Egg of Chestnut Rail, Eulabeornis castaneoventris, collected in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Megapodius reinwardt tumulus eggs
Eggs 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, female
Skin 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 egg
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

Cat and bird by Muriel Dawson
A black cat on a pole, and a bird (speckled thrush), by Muriel Dawson Date: 1920s

Poland fowls and speckled Hamburg hens
Cocks and chickens: Poland fowls and speckled Hamburgs

Bloodstone or heliotrope carvings
These 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 Collection
John 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 Collection
John 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 Collection
John 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 Collection
John 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 Collection
John 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 egg
The egg of a song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

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