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3791. NHD31/53

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD31/53
Title:
Common Greenshank
Scope & Content:
Common Greenshank ‘Tringa nebularia’ Original inscriptions: ‘See B. 3. 86. Surba’ [ in Devanagri] ‘Scolopax glottis I. O. ij. 700. Greenshank. Syn. v. 147.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3792. NHD31/54

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD31/54
Title:
Ruddy Turnstone
Scope & Content:
Ruddy Turnstone ‘Arenaria interpres’ Original inscriptions: ‘Agrees in many things with Turnstone – yet I rather think it a different species.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3793. NHD31/55

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD31/55
Title:
Curlew Sandpiper, possibly
Scope & Content:
Curlew Sandpiper (possibly) ‘Calidris ferruginea’ Original inscriptions: ‘Numenius pygmeus I. O. ij. 713. Pygmy Curlew Syn. v. 127’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Adult non-breeding.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3794. NHD31/56

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD31/56
Title:
A species of Starling
Scope & Content:
A species of Starling Original inscriptions: ‘See B. v. 40: var. of Sturnus contra’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: perhaps meant to represent the Asian Pied Starling, ‘Sturnus contra’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3795. NHD31/57

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD31/57
Title:
Common Moorhen, possibly
Scope & Content:
Common Moorhen (possibly) ‘Gallinula chloropus’ Original inscriptions: ‘see B. vi. 58’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Juvenile
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3796. NHD31/58

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD31/58
Title:
Black Francolin
Scope & Content:
Black Francolin ‘Francolinus francolinus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Teetaar’ [in Devanagri] ‘Nat size’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: But not precise depiction
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3797. NHD31/59

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD31/59
Title:
Common Sandpiper
Scope & Content:
Common Sandpiper ‘Actitis hypoleucos’ Original inscriptions: ‘Dousaia’ [? Inscribed in Devanagri] ‘Tringa hypoleucos I. O. Com. Sandpiper Syn. v. 178’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3798. NHD32-33

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32-33
Title:
NHD32-33 Two volumes of drawings of mammals from the Wellesley Collection. --------------------- NHD32 Volume I. 19 by 12 inches. 117 ff. in water- ...
Scope & Content:
NHD32-33 Two volumes of drawings of mammals from the Wellesley Collection. --------------------- NHD32 Volume I. 19 by 12 inches. 117 ff. in water-colour. Folio 75 is a copy of No.505 in the Buchanan Collection; f.7, an inscription perhaps by Wellesley: 'W. 1802'; f.13, 'A Tyger Cat from ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797-1805
Extent:
117 items

3799. NHD32/1

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/1
Title:
Leopard
Scope & Content:
Leopard ‘Panthera pardus’ Original inscriptions: dimensions given in nastaliq, and it adds ‘dar Hindi sher-e-na’irudh’ [?] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3800. NHD32/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/2
Title:
Leopard
Scope & Content:
Leopard ‘Panthera pardus’ Original inscriptions: dimensions given in nastaliq, and it adds ‘dar Hindi sher-e-na’irudh’ [?] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item