Images Dated 17th April 2013 (page 6)

Haliaetus leucocephalus, bald eagle
Plate 31 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

Plate 117 from the report of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Motacilla flava, yellow wagtail
Watercolour by Henrik Gr� ld (1924-5)

Pygoscelis antarcticus, chinstrap penguin
Ff. 82. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes antartica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565)
Conradus Gesnerus, Medeus & Philosophus. Plate 4, Isis 22

Parus bicolor, tufted titmouse
Plate 39 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

Aphelocoma coerulescens, Florida scrub jay
Plate 87 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

Fulica americana, American coot
Plate 239 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

Rosa bifera macrocarpa, Lelieurs four-seasons rose
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) from Les Roses Vol. 1, 1817. Illustration entitled La Quatre Laisons Lelieur

Strato volcanic eruption
A strato volcano has a steep volcanic cone built up by dense lava flows and pyroclastic debris. One of a series (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing various forms of volcanic eruption

Ophrys apifera, bee orchid
Watercolour from British Orchids (1792-1817), by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
Plate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Actitis hypoleucos, common sandpiper
Plate 58 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz and is a popular gemstone. This specimen is from Ontario, Canada and is displayed in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Erythacus rubecula, European robin
Plate 48 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Xylomelum pyriforme, woody pear
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Sitta europaea, Eurasian nuthatch
Plate 22 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Cacatua leadbeateri, Major Mitchells cockatoo
Plate 5 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph

Pinus sylvestris, scots pine
Illustration of scots pine foliage a cones from the Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Compsognathus
A well preserved fossil of the Compsognathus, meaning elegant jaw. It was a small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, reaching only 65 cms in height living during the Late Jurassic

Tyto alba, barn owl
Plate 28 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Bombycilla cedrorum, cedar waxwing
Plate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Physeter catodon, sperm whale
Plate 9 Spermaceti Whale of the Southern Ocean. Hand-coloured engraving from The Naturalists Library, Mammalia, Vol. 12 Whales, 1833-1843, by Sir William Jardine (1800-1874)

Heterodontosaurus
A model of the dinosaur Heterodontosaurus, whose name means different-toothed lizard is a member was an Ornithopod. It lived during the Lower Jurassic period around 205-180 million years ago

Protoceratops

Sterna maxima, royal tern
Plate 273 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

Cathartes aura, turkey vulture
Plate 151 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

Dressed fleas
Fleas dressed by a Mexican woman in 1905. A curiosity from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Peppered moth
Two specimens of peppered moths exhibited on a lichen-covered tree. This is a good demonstration of genetic selection through changing environment

Branta canadensis, Canada goose
Plate 277 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

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
An illustrated portrait of the British naturalist, Charles Robert Darwin

Scelidosaurus
A four metre long armoured skinned dinosaur which lived during the Lower Jurassic about 208 - 194 million years ago, first discribed by Richard Owen in 1868. Illustration by Neave Parker

Aquila chrysaetos, golden eagle
Plate 181 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

Gorilla gorilla gorilla, western lowland gorilla

Surinaamsche Insecten, Insects of Surinam
Plate 12 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of te Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten by Maria Sibylla Merian

Robert Brown (1773-1858)
Portrait of Robert Brown, a Scottish botanist who noted the nucleus in orchids in 1831. Artist unknown

Pteranodon was a giant flying reptile - a pterosaur - a close relation of the dinosaur. They lived during the Cretaceous period aroun 85 to 75 million years ago. Illustration by Neave Parker

Ardea herodias, great blue heron
Plate 281 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

Stegosaurus
An animated model of the dinosaur, Stegosaurus created by Kokoro Ltd, Japan, for the Natural History Museum, London. Stegosaurus was a hebivorous dinosaur living 155 to 144 million years ago

Aptenodytes patagonicus, king penguin
Plate 79 from the Forster Collection. During his second voyage, James Cook explored the seas around Antarctica. With him was the illustrator Georg Forster

Equus quagga, quagga
Model of a quagga, an extinct species of South African zebra. It was last seen in the wild in 1860, but the last the species survived in captivity until the early 20th century

Haliaeetus leucocephalus, bald eagle
Plate 126 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

Apatosaurus, previously known as Brontosaurus
This dinosaur, one of the longest ever to have been found grew up to 21 metres in length. It lived in North America during the Upper Jurassic period about 150 million years ago

Ichthyosaurus, an extinct fish-like marine reptile. They lived during the Jurassic and Triassic periods and ranged in length, from a few feet to 20 feet long. Illustration by Neave Parker

Bucephala clangula, common goldeneye
Plate 342 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstone
Plate 304 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Butorides virescens, green heron
Plate 333 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Bucephala albeola, bufflehead
Plate 325 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

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