Images Dated 18th April 2013 (page 53)

Dolichonyx oryzivorus, bobolink
A specimen of a bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Bos taurus, cattle
Jaw bone and teeth of the Chillingham breed of cattle. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

The Peak Wilderness, Sri Lanka
The Peak Wilderness contains the largest and most undisturbed areas of montane rainforest in Sri Lanka

Microchiroptera (suborder), microbat
Photograph of the left side view of the skull of a microbat, measuring 4cm, with its relatively short snout and lower jaw

Myotis mystacinus, whiskered bat
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Brasilia bradfordensis, ammonite
This Middle Jurassic ammonite has been sectioned to show its chambers with calcite crystals formed in some and hardened mud in others. The body chamber is missing

Demolition of the Spirit Building in April 2002. Zoological specimens now held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Detail view of the exterior of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Upper montane rainforest, Sri Lanka
View looking north from Pattipola road to Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

Pipistrellus pipistrellus, common pipistrelle
Detail of plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Ali - Wallaces Malay Boy
Photograph from the Wallace collection in the General Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 1)
A reconstruction of Homo sapiens skull discovered By the team of Richard Leakey in 1967. Location: Kibish, north west of Kenya Camp near Shiangoro Village east of River Omo

Strychnos nux vomica, strychnine tree
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Volunteer working at the Natural History Museum, London
Volunteer using microscope to examine zoological specimen

Iris variegata, variegated iris
Watercolour No. 114 from the Round Small Collection by Frank Howard Round, c. 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Letter from Darwin to Wallace dated November 23 1880
Photograph from the Wallace collection in the General Library of The Natural History Museum

Lycopod

Plate 16 from Brian Hodgsons watercolour collection
Plate 16, watercolour by Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894) from his collection of reptiles, fish, mammals and birds of Nepal

Marine specimens
Specimen jars containing various sea creatures, held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

View of H. M. S. Challenger in Bermuda, West Indies
The Voyage of H.M.S Challenger (1872-1876) was 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

Homo sapiens cranium (Florisbad 1)
Lateral view of a cast of a skull belonging to an adult Homo sapiens, discovered at Florisbad, Orange Free State, South Africa by T.F. Dreyer 1932 who named it Homo (Africanthropus) helmei

Mustelus canis, smooth dogfish
A baby smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis). These small members of the shark familly can be found in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to northern Argentina and in the Gulf of Mexico

Raphus cucullatus, dodo
Plaster head of the extinct bird, the dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

Trogon melanurus macroura, black-tailed trogon
Hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or Family of Trogons, (1838)

Diplopoda sp. plate millipede
Scanning electron microscope image of a lateral view of the head of a plate millipede. Image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Fish specimens
Specimen jars containing various fish, held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Geospiza scandens, common cactus finch
A specimen of a common cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

A bryozoan colony
Scanning electron microscope image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

The Darwin Centre
View of the visitor space before the specimens arrived in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Pteronotus davyi fulvus, Davys naked-backed bat
A Davys naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi fulvus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Detail view of the exterior of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Demolition of the Spirit Building in April 2002. Zoological specimens now held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus communis, pear
The pear tree, a native of Europe and western Asia, is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its fruit. One of the decorative ceiling panels at the Natural History Museum, London

Gossypium barbadense, sea cotton
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Showing Gossypium barbadense, sea cotton

Exterior view of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Parasitic worms in spirit jars. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ixodes ricinus, sheep tick
Close-up of a recently fed sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus) full of its hosts blood, on black background

Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)

Detail view of the exterior of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Mustela putorius, European polecat
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

The Darwin Centre
View of the visitor space before the specimens arrived in the Darwin Centre, at The Natural History Museum, London

Iris kochii, German iris
Plate XXXVI from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Helleborus niger, Christmas rose
Plate 47 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Diphylla ecaudata, hairy-legged vampire bat
A hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Cetraria islandica, lichen
A cut-out of a branching lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Vitis sp. Black Hamburgh grape
Illustration of a bunch of grapes from Plate LXI by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Mammalia (class), mammals
Plate 8 from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earths surface, by Alfred Russel Wallace

Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

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