Sauropsida Collection (page 6)

Dendrocygna arcuata australia eggs
Eggs of wandering whistling duck, Dendrocygna arcuata, collected by John Gilbert in Australia, 4th March 1841. All five are type specimens. Date: 1841

Eulabeornis castaneoventris egg
Egg of Chestnut Rail, Eulabeornis castaneoventris, collected in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Megapodius reinwardt tumulus eggs
Eggs of the orange-footed scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt tumulus, collected by John MacGillivray in Port Essington, Northern Territory, November 1844 Date: 1844

Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius
Two specimens of Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus spurius - 1894.10.26.16 (top) and 1894.10.26.15 (bottom Date: 1894

Red eared firetail Finch, Emblema oculata
Emblema (Stagonopleura) oculata - 1894.10.26.95 Date: 1894

Darwins Pigeons, African Owl
Figure 22, Original drawing from the book Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin, 1868. Library reference number DC BD 858 (Vol. 1) Date: 1868

Darwins Pigeons, English Fantail
Figure 21, Original drawing from the book Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin, 1868. Library reference number DC BD 858 (Vol. 1) Date: 1868

Western rosella, Platycercus icterotis
Two specimens of Western rosella, Platycercus icterotis - 1894.10.26.10 (top) and 1894.10.26.8 (bottom) Date: 1894

Darwins Pigeons, The Rock Pigeon
Figure 17, Original drawing from the book Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin, 1868. Library reference number DC BD 858 (Vol. 1) Date: 1868

Ashy Bulbul, Hemixos flavala
Number 27 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Darwins Pigeons, English Barb
Figure 20, Original line drawing from the book Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin, 1868. Library reference number DC BD 858 (Vol. 1) Date: 1868

Darwins Pigeons, English Carrier
Figure 19, Original line drawing from the book Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin, 1868. Library reference number DC BD 858 (Vol. 1) Date: 1868

Variegated Laughingthrush
Number 26 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Grey-winged Blackbird (Female) Turdus boilboul
Number 25 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Sri Lanka Thrush, Zoothera dauma imbricata
Number 24 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

White-throated Laughingthrush
Number 21 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus
Number 23 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Striated Laughingthrush, Garrulax striatus
Number 22 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Lesser Yellownape, Picus chlorolophus
Number 19 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Himalyan Woodpecker, Dendrocopos himalayensis
Number 20 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Grey-headed Woodpecker, Picus canus
Number 18 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Nightjar sp. Caprimulgua sp
Number 16 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Blue-throated Barbet, Megalaima asiatica
Number 17 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Black-headed Jay, Garrulus lanceolatus
Number 14 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Young Cuckoo sp. Cuculidae Family
Number 15 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artisit unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Cream-coloured courser (juvenile)
Watercolour painting of the Courvite by Ann Latham (1772- after 1837). Held in the Library and Archives

Anas specularis, Bronze-winged duck
Watercolour, c.1928-1937? by Miss A. Ellen Prout (fl.1920s). Held in the Library and Archives

Indian Roller, Coracias benghalensis
Number 12 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Various birds eggs
From a bound volume of drawings of Neilgherry birds [and] Miscellaneous. Watercolour on card, 1858 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928 ). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1858

Speckled wood pigeon, Columba hodgsonii
Number 10 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Oriental Turtle Dove, Streptopelia orientalis
Number 9 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Yellow-footed green pigeon
Number 7 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Wedge-tailed green pigeon, Treron sphenurus
Number 8 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Pied Kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
Number 5 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Crested kingfisher, Megaceryle lugubris
Number 4 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

White-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smymensis
Number 6 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Grey-winged blackbird, Turdus boulboul
Number 3 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Blue whistling thrush, Myoponus caeruleus
Number 2 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Numida meleagris, Helmeted Guineafowl, female
Skin of guineafowl collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 17/8/1883. Original NHM label: Numida ptilorhyncha 1887.9.28.28. Date: 1887

Musophaga rossae, Rosss turaco, female
Skin of turaco collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 10/08/1883. Original NHM label: Musophaga rossae 1887.9.28.45 Date: 1887

Motacilla flava, Western Yellow Wagtail, male
Skin of Western Yellow Wagtail collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 02/10/1883. Original NHM label: Budytes flava 1887.9.28.156 Date: 1887

Notes relating to Asian Paradise Flycatcher
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

Male Kestrel Watercolour Plate 1. Aug 1848
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

First page of notes relating to Kestrel
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

Rhea by Gambier Bolton
Rhea photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 354, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
1904 Colonsay specimen of Coccyzus americanus, held at the Natural History Museum at Tring Date: 1904

Black swan, Latham Collection vol. 6, f. 971
Black swan, Latham Collection vol.6, f.971

Anas jubata, Latham Collection Vol. 6, f. 1001
Anas jubata, Latham Collection Vol.6, f.1001

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