Starling Collection

Starlings Date: circa 1910s

Violet-backed starling, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (White-bodied grakle, Lamprotornis leucogaster). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

Splendid glossy starling (Senegal), Lamprotornis splendidus chrysonotis (Golden eared grakle, Lamprotornis chrysonotis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by

Pied crow, Corvus albus. (Senegal white-backed crow, Corvus leuconotus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa

Cape glossy starling, Lamprotornis nitens (Splendent thrush, Turdus splendens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Long-tailed glossy starling, Lamprotornis caudatus (Merula longicauda). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

European roller, Coracias garrulus, and rosy starling, Pastor roseus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Cape starling, Lamprotornis nitens (Shining stare, Sturnus nitens). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Brahminy myna, Temenuchus pagodarum
Brahminy myna or Brahminy starling, Temenuchus pagodarum (Subrosaceous stare, Sturnus subroseus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Striated starling, Aplonis striata (Blue-striped roller, Coracias striata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Smooth hammerhead shark, hammer oyster, brahminy
Smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna malleus 1, hammer oyster, Malleus malleus 2, brahminy myna, Sturnia pagodarum 3 and rosy starling, Pastor roseus 4. Marteau (poiss), Marteau (moll), martins

Red-billed starling, Sturnus sericeus. Silk starling from North of China in the possession of Marmaduke Tunstall Esq. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of

Various bird species
A selection of birds, drawn by A. F. Lydon for the Boys Own Paper. Birds depicted include: 1. Blackcap; 2. Nightingale; 3. Goldfinch; 4. Siskin; 5. Linnet; 6. Redpole; 7. Skylark; 8. Greenfinch; 9

Victorian Christmas - starlings eating berries
Victorian Christmas illustration - starlings eating berries in the snow. 19th century

Branwen, Daughter of Llyr, the subject of a legend from medieval Welsh literature, the Mabinogi. Branwen is married off to a cruel Irish king; she tames a starling

Sturnus vulgaris, European starling
Plate 159 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Two cats and a bird on a New Year card
Strategy -- two cats in the snow, eating food from a plate on a New Year card. A bird gets ready to grab some of their food. Date: circa 1890s

Two cats running from a bird on a New Year card
Victory -- two cats in the snow, running from a bird who has been eating food from a plate on a New Year card. They have managed to steal some of the food from under him. Date: circa 1890s

Two cats watching a bird on a New Year card
Conspiracy -- two cats in the snow, watching a bird eating food from a plate on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot Fairy
A portrait illustration showing three breeds of pigeon. At the top of the illustration is a Burmese pigeon, now commonly known as a Florentine

Rosy starling, Sturnus roseus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Starling, Sturnus vulgaris, and nuthatch, Sitta europaea.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830

Fregilupus varius specimen collected in Reunion

Fregilupus varius, reunion starling
The reunion starling is an extinct bird native to the Mascarenes. It became extinct c. 1860

Sturnus vulgaris, starling

Aplonis striata, striated starling
Ff. 54. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Coracias pacifica striata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Sturnus vulgaris, European starling nest and eggs
Plate 2 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.1, (1845)

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