Images Dated 17th April 2013 (page 64)

Zea mays L. corn
From Blancos Flora de Filipinas. A botanical illustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Rosa redutea glauca, red-leaved rose
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) from Les Roses Vol. 1, 1817. Illustration entitled Rosier Redoute a feuilles glauques

Stegosaurus skull
A cast of a fossil skull that belonged to Stegosaurus stenops, an Upper Jurassic dinosaur that lived 155 to 144 million years ago. The original fossil was discovered in the USA

Rosa rubrifolia, red-leaved rose
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) from Les Roses Vol. 1, 1817. Illustration entitled Rosier a feuilles rougeatres

Dendragapus obscurus, blue grouse
Plate 361 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

Ardea alba, great egret
Plate 386 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

Tyrannus verticalis, Tyrannus forficatus, Sayornis saya
Plate 359 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

Pinicola enucleator, pine grosbeak
Plate 358 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

Lagopus muta, rock ptarmigan

Pica nuttallii Cyanocitta stelleri Aphelocoma californica Nu
Plate 362 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

Hesperiphona vespertina, Pheuticus melanocephalus
Plate 373 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

Plegadis falcinellus, glossy ibis
Plate 387 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

Pica pica, common magpie
Plate 357 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

Loxia leucoptera, white-winged crossbill
Plate 364 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

Aegolius funereus, Tengmalms owl
Plate 380 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

Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon
Plate 366 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

Anser caerulescens, snow goose
Plate 381 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

Carduelis flammea, common redpoll
Plate 375 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

Aramus guarauna, limpkin
Plate 377 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

Bombycilla garrulus, Bohemian waxwing
Plate 363 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

Calcarius lapponicus, Lapland longspur
Plate 365 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

Surnia ulula, northern hawk-owl
Plate 378 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

Ammodramus maritimus, seaside sparrow
Plate 355 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

Laterallus jamaicensis, black rail
Plate 349 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

Cygnus buccinator, trumpeter swan
Plate 376 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

Spiza americana, dickcissel
Plate 384 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

Centrocercus urophasianus, greater sage grouse

Tympanuchus phasianellus, sharp-tailed grouse
Plate 382 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

Columba fasciata, band-tailed pigeon
Plate 367 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

Piranga ludoviciana, western tanager, Piranga olivacea, scar
Plate 354 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

Parus atricapillus, Parus rufescens, Psaltriparus minimus
Plate 353 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

Buteo swainsoni, Swainsons hawk
Plate 372 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

Cinclus mexicanus, American dipper
Plate 370 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

Asio otus, long-eared owl
Plate 383 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

Salpinctes obsoletus, rock wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, wi
Plate 360 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

Circus cyaneus, hen harrier
Plate 356 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

Oreoscoptes montanus, sage thrasher, Ixarius naevius, varied
Plate 369 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

Theobroma cacao, cocoa tree
A botanical illustration of cacao tree foliage and seed pods from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Palaeontology laboratory
Preparing a mounted skeleton of Massospondylus, a dinosaur from Southern Africa. Palaeontology technician William Lindsay applying finishing touches to the skull

Gossypium acuminatum, cotton
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Helianthus tubaeformis, southern sunflower
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Agrotidae, moths and caterpillars
Plate 35, an illustration of a variety of moths and caterpillars from European Butterflies & Moths by William Forsell Kirby (1844-1912), 1882

Ancient Wrasse - Frontispiece from the Aquarium
Frontispiece from The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea by Philip Henry Gosse (1854). Annotated The Ancient Wrasse

Palaeontology laboratory
Preparing a mounted skeleton of Baryonyx, a carnivorous dinosaur from Sussex, England. Laying out casts made of glass reinforced plastic prior to mounting on exhibition panelling

Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899)
Portrait of Othniel Charles Marsh, a vertabrate palaeontologist

The Flett Theatre
An interior view of the Flett Theatre located in the Natural History Museums Earth Galleries building

Calliactis parasitica, parasitic anemone, Pagurus bernhardus
Plate 4 from The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea by Philip Henry Gosse (1854)

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Title Page of On The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles Darwin

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