Sauropsida Collection (page 7)

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

Merops ornatus, Latham collection Vol. 3, f368

Cuculous plagosus, Latham Collection, Vol. 2
Cuculous plagosus, Latham Collection, Vol.2, f.280

Certhia tenuistris, Latham Collection vol. 3
Certhia tenuistris, Slender billed creeper Latham Collection vol.3, f.405

Dr Leachs 139 great auk egg
Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

The Birds of America by John James Audubon
The Birds of America, the 19th-century masterpiece by John James Audubon, is the worlds most valuable book and it is extremely rare

Moa bone fragment
First piece of moa bone, found between 1831 and 1836. The 15cm fragment comes from the species Dinornis novaezealandiae and is 0.01-1.8 million years old

Iguanodon tooth
Original Iguanodon tooth found by Dr. and Mrs. Mantell. Iguanodon was a large plant eater with cheek teeth for grinding vegetation and hoof-like claws

Pelecanus onocrotalus, Great white pelican
Watercolour by Claude Finch-Davies, 1918 Date: 1918

Tockus erythrorhynchus, Red-billed hornbill
Watercolour by Claude Finch-Davies

Charles Darwins pigeons
The original label on a pigeon specimen given to the Museum by Charles Darwin

Dodo skeleton, Raphus cucullatus
The dodo is an icon of extinction, one of the first widely acknowledged cases of a species being wiped out by humans. There are so few complete dodo skeletons that we may never know exactly what they

Emperor penguin egg collected in 1911, on Scotts last expedition to Antarctica. The hole shows where the embryo was removed for study

North Island Kokako, Callaeas wilsoni. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 1 Date: 1888

South Island & North Island Piopio
South Island Piopio, Turnagra capensis. North Island Piopio, Turnagara tanagra. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 4 Date: 1888

Various Petroica species of New Zealand
South Island Tomtit Ngirungiru, Petroica (Petroica) macrophala macrocephala (male). North Island Tomtit Miromiro, Petroica (Petroica) macrocephala toitoi (male)

Yellowhead, Whitehead, Brown Creeper
Yellowhead Mohua, Mohoua ochrocephala. Whitehead Popokotea, Mohoua albicilla. Brown Creeper Pipipi, Mohoua novaeseelandiae

Rifleman, Bush Wren & Rock Wren
Rifleman Tititipounamu, Acanthisitta chloris (female and male). Bush Wren Matuhituhi, Zenicus longipes. Rock Wren Piwauwau, Xenicus gilviventris

Long-tailed Cuckoo and Grey Warbler
Long-tailed Cuckoo Koekoea, Eudynamys taitensis (adult and young). Grey Warbler Riroriro, Gregone igata. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Kaka, Nestor meridionalis (variety on left). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 17 Date: 1888

Shining Cuckoo (adult & young in Warbler nest)
Shining Cuckoo Pipiwharauroa, Chrysococcyx lucidus lucidus (adult with young in Grey Warbler nest). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol

Morepork Ruru, Laughing Owl Whekau
Morepork Ruru, Ninox novaeseelandiae. Laughing Owl Whekau, Sceloglaux albifacies. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.2 Plate 20 Date: 1888

Swamp Harrier Kahu (young and adult)
Swamp Harrier Kahu, Circus approximans (young and adult). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.2 Plate 22 Date: 1888

Banded Dotterel, New Zealand Dotterel
Banded Dotterel Pohowera, Chanradrius bicinctus bicinctus (male). New Zealand Dotterel Tuturiwhatu, Charadrius obscurus (male)

Shore Plover Tuturuatu, Wrybill Ngutu Pare
Shore Plover Tuturuatu, Thinornis novaeseelandiae. Wrybill Ngutu Pare, Anarchynchus frontalis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Red-necked Avocet and Pied Stilt Poaka
Red-necked Avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae. Pied Stilt Poaka, Himantopus leucocephalus. Black Stilt Kaki, Himantopus novazelandiae

Snares Island Snipe and Bar-Tailed Godwit
Snares Island Snipe Tutukiwi, Coenocorypha huegeli. Bar-tailed Godwit Kuaka, Limosa lapponica. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Black-Billed Gull and Red-Billed Gull
Black-Billed Gull Tarapuka, Larus bulleri. Red-Billed Gull Tarapunga, Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Black-Fronted and White-Fronted Terns
Black Fronted Tern Tarapirohe, Chlidonias albostriatus. White Fronted Tern Tara, Sterna striata. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Spottless Crake and Bandd Rail
Spottless Crake Puweto, Porzana tabuensis tabuensis. Bandd Rail Moho Pereru, Gallirallus philippensis assimilis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New

North Island Weka and Western Weka
North Island Weka, Gallirallus australis greyi. Western Weka, Gallirallus australis australis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Western Weka and Buff Weka
Western Weka, Gallirallus australis australis. Buff Weka, Gallirallus australis hectori. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Reef Heron Matuku Moana, White Heron Kotuku
Reef Heron Matuku Moana, Egretta sacra sacra. White Heron Kotuku, Ardea modesta. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.3 Plate 37 Date: 1888

Spotted shag Kawau Tikitiki, Pitt Island Shag
Spotted shag Kawau Tikitiki, Stictocarbo punctatus punctatus. Pitt Island Shag, Stictocarbo featherstoni. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Northern Royal Albatros, Antipodean Albatros
Northern Royal Albatros Toroa, Diomedea sanfordi. Antipodean Albatros Toroa, Diomedea antipodensis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Auckland Island Teal (male) and Brown Teal
Auckland Island Teal, Anas aucklandica (male). Brown Teal or Pateke, Anas chlorotis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Mottled Petrel Korure, Bullers Shearwater
Mottled Petrel Korure, Pterodroma inexpectata. Bullers Shearwater, Puffinus bulleri. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand

Polynesian Megapode (young and adult)
Polynesian Megapode, Megapodius pritchardi (young and adult). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 62 Date: 1888

Chatham Island Rail or Matirakahu, Cabalus modestus (adult and young). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 57 Date: 1888

White-naped Petrel, Pterodroma cervicalis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 58 Date: 1888

New Zealand Merganser (young and adult)
New Zealand Merganser, Mergus australis (young and adult). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 53 Date: 1888

Great Spotted Kiwi Roa, Apteryx hstii
Great Spotted Kiwi or Roa, Apteryx hstii. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 54 Date: 1888

Australasian Shoveler Kuruwhengi
Australasian Shoveler or Kuruwhengi, Anas rhynchotis. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.3 Plate 45 Date: 1888

Ad鬩e penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Ad鬩 e penguin specimen collected during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick

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