Wombat ‘Vombatus ursinus’ Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘From New Holland less than half the natural size. The female has a bag for its young like the Oposssum. But it has two cutting teeth in each jaw and eight grinders.’ ‘If the Wombat of Collins – his description differs considerably...
Agouti ‘Dasyprocta sp.’ Original inscriptions: [nastaliq on reverse] ‘called in Farsi mūsh, in Hindi chuha, from the Kohistan of Nepal’ [plus dimensions] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Possibly meant to be the Brazilian or Red-rumped Agouti, ‘Dasyprocta le...
Oriental Turtle Dove (possibly) ‘Streptopelia orientalis agricola’ Original inscriptions: ‘EM. No 13. Ram Gogoo’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Plumage not precise, and perhaps may be a species of Wood Pigeon, ‘Columba sp’.
A species of Cormorant ‘Phalacocrorax sp.’ Original inscriptions: ‘Corvorant’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Possibly Indian Cormorant, ‘Phalacocrorax fuscicollis’.
Shelduck Genus ‘Tadorna’ Original inscriptions: ‘if ye female of ye last?’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Colouring imprecise.