Images Dated 17th April 2013 (page 35)

Okapia johnstoni, okapi
Photograph of strips of hide from an okapi skin obtained in 1900 by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (1858-1927), High Commissioner of Uganda

Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771)
Portrait of Sydney Parkinson, a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. Frontispiece from A Journal of a Voyage to the South seas in His Majestys ship The Endeavour, 1784

Mendipite is exclusive to the Mendips of Somerset. This specimen is from Merehead Quarry. Mendipite belongs to the oxyhalides and hydroxyhalides group

Lophura leucomelana, kalij pheasant
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Cistothorus palustris, marsh wren
Plate 98 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

Fossilised Eocene crab
Unidentified fossilised specimen of an Eocene crab found in Southern England, France and the USA. This specimen is 58 million years old

Tupus diluculum, bolsover dragonfly
The bolsover dragonfly was a giant dragonfly from the Carboniferous period. It was a predatory insect which had a wing-span of around half a metre

Sericulus aureus, flame bowerbird
Plate 48 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 1 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Hemiprocne mystacea, moustached treeswift
Plate 24 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 1, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Calcite
Pink crystals of calcite from Cumberland. Calcite comprises of calcium carbonate. It is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth with around 300 crystal forms identified

Wanneria walcottana, trilobite

Baryonyx walkeri
A gigantic claw that once belonged to the dinosaur Baryonyx which lived 125 million years ago. This specimen measures 31 cms along the outside curve. It was discovered in Surrey, UK in 1983

Ichthyosaurus
An illustration of the Ichyosaurus. It lived during the Lower Jurassic, 185 million years ago and grew up to 12 metres. They fed on fish and shellfish (ammonites)

Malachite
A polished specimen of the mineral malachite (copper carbonate hydroxide). Malachite has a distinctive green banding and belongs to the carbonate class. Specimen from Gumeschevish, Russia

Phascolarctos cinereus, koala
Plate 7 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

Section through the Earths crust
Section showing the two main types of the Earths crust: oceanic and continental

Lumbricus terrestris, earthworm
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of an earthworms skin (x 45), it uses tiny bristles at the front of the body, called setae to anchor it to the soil, allowing movement

Ninox novaseelandiae, morepork
Ff. 39. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Strix fulva and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Plate 29 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer
Gaston Tissandier. Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Gaston Tissandier. Date between 1880 and 1900

Rana species, fossil frog
Specimen originates from soft Miocene shale from Spain. Skeletal anatomy preserved in its entirety with an outline of the soft parts clearly visible. This specimen measures 12 cms long

Chordeiles minor, common nighthawk
Plate 147 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Daphnia, water flea
A close-up of a water flea (Daphnia sp.), a tiny planktonic crustacean

The Emperors Pike
Late 17th or early 18th century oil painting by an unknown artist of the pike which is reputed to have lived in a pool in Lautern for 267 years

Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe
Ff. 15. Annotated Cervus camelopardalis (Linn.), Camelopardalis giraffe. Drawing by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Ammonite internal cast
Shown here is an internal cast of a Jurassic ammonite clearly depicting individually preserved chambers within the coiled shell

Catharus fuscescens, veery
Plate 164 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Halite
Transparent crystals of halite. Halite is composed of sodium chloride and is better known as rock salt

Gemstones
A collection of gem quality crystals faceted to reveal their beauty

Podiceps auritus, Slavonian grebe
Plate 259 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

The rain forest
A reconstructed rainforest in the Natural History Museums Ecology gallery

Calcite comprises of (calcium carbonate). It is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth with around 300 crystal forms identified

Turquoise

Owens plan for the Natural History Museum, London

Womans head carved in mammoth ivory
Gravettian age 25, 000 - 30, 000 years old (Upper Palaeolithic) from Dolni Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic

Haliaeetus leucocephalus, bald eagle
Mounted specimen of a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), native to north America

Tourmaline
A specimen of the mineral tourmaline, from Woolley Farm, near Bovey Tracey, Devon. A composite, doubly-terminated crystal of schorlite, 9cm across and 8cm long

Diphyllodes magnificus / Cicinnurus regius, hybrid magnificen
Plate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol.1 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Honeycomb of Apis sp. honeybee
A close-up of the structure of a the honeycomb made by a colony of honeybees

Millerite comprises of (nickel sulphide) and is characterized by hair-like fibrous crystals arranged into sprays. Specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Pleochroism in an iolite cut stone
This iolite (magnesium aluminium silicate) is displaying pleochroism, a varied colour effect as the gem is turned. See also 3960

Chrysocolaptes lucidus xanthocephalus, greater flame-backed
Plate 37 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 6, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Geothlypis trichas, common yellowthroat
Plate 24 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

Populus nigra, lombardy or black poplar pollen
Scanning electron microscope image (x 1500) of black poplar pollen grains showing a characteristic granular surface ornamentation and no apertures (inaperturate)

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, cliff swallow
Plate 68 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

Colobus guereza, guereza
Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)
A statue at the Natural History Museum, London. Banks was a British explorer and naturalist who donated specimens after his 1768 voyage with Captain Cook on board the Endeavour

The Geological Museum, London
The gemstones display area, rock face and wall cases on the Ground Floor of the Geological Museum, now part of the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken 1973

Diplodocus, Euoplocephalus & Hypsilophodon
Euoplocephalus (top left). This was an armoured herbivore living 76 mya. Hypsilophodon (tor right) was an earlier, bipedal herbivore which lived 125 mya

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