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3581. NHD29/24(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/24(2)
Title:
Red-Whiskered Bulbul
Scope & Content:
Red-Whiskered Bulbul ‘Pycnonotus jocosus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Jocose Shrike. The Kaunduran Bulbul of Calcutta’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Part of a drawing where two kinds of Bulbuls are shown, the Red-whiskered Bulbul below.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3582. NHD29/25

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/25
Title:
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher
Scope & Content:
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher ‘Terpsiphone paradisi’ Original inscriptions: ‘Malacca. Parad. flycatcher’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Rufous male.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3583. NHD29/26

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/26
Title:
Asian Pied Starling
Scope & Content:
Asian Pied Starling ‘Sturnus contra’ Original inscriptions: ‘An Aubluckan upon a Jaumun Tree.’ [Nastaliq and English]’ Sturnus capensis. I. O. 1. 322 – Cape Stare. Syn. iji. P. 5.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The bird is perched on a fruiting branch of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3584. NHD29/27

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/27
Title:
Bank Myna
Scope & Content:
Bank Myna ‘Acridotheres ginginianus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Gracula tristis. I. O. 1. 195. Paradise Grakle. Syn. ij. 458’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3585. NHD29/28

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/28
Title:
Pied Cuckoo
Scope & Content:
Pied Cuckoo ‘Clamator jacobinus’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Persian or Northern Peepul Tree.’ [Nastaliq and English] ‘B. 1. 64. Cuculus melanoleucus. I. O. i. 211. Corom: Crested Cuckow. Syn. ij. 520’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The bird is perched on the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3586. NHD29/29

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/29
Title:
Brahminy Starling
Scope & Content:
Brahminy Starling ‘Sturnus pagodarum’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Powy upon a Kuthaful Tree.’ [Nastaliq and English]’ Pagoda Thrush. Sup. 140’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The bird is perched on a jackfruit tree (kathal), ‘Artocarpus heterophyllus’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3587. NHD29/30

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/30
Title:
Rosy Starling
Scope & Content:
Rosy Starling ‘Sturnus roseus’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Tulleer upon a Burheel Tree.’ [Nastaliq and English] ‘Rose colrd. Thrush’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The bird is perched on a Mysore fig tree (buraliwad), ‘ficus mysorensis’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3588. NHD29/31

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/31
Title:
Hill Myna (possibly)
Scope & Content:
Hill Myna (possibly) ‘Gracula religiosa’ Original inscriptions: ‘From Malacca. Minor Grakle.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Perhaps a juvenile Hill Myna.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3589. NHD29/32

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/32
Title:
Bird, possibly a species of Tanager
Scope & Content:
Bird, possibly a species of Tanager Original inscriptions: ‘Dirt Eater. Bhoocorah. Tanagra militaris. I. o. 1. 431. Military Tanager. Syn. iij. 242, but differs in being much paler.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Not yet identified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3590. NHD29/33

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/33
Title:
Bird
Scope & Content:
Bird Original inscriptions: ‘Muscicapa Pordis. I. O. 475. Guava Flycatcher. Syn. iij. 335 variety. Not unlike Serin de Mozambique, pl. cul. 364 – If not a Finch’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Not yet identified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item