Bank Myna ‘Acridotheres ginginianus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Gracula tristis. I. O. 1. 195. Paradise Grakle. Syn. ij. 458’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
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 ...
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’.
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’.
Hill Myna (possibly) ‘Gracula religiosa’ Original inscriptions: ‘From Malacca. Minor Grakle.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Perhaps a juvenile Hill Myna.
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
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
Bird, possibly a species of Flycatcher Original inscriptions: ‘Muscicapa rufiventris. I. O. ij. 473. Rufous-vented Flycatcher. Syn. ijj. 334. Probably a female of this bird?’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Not yet identified. Plumage not precise: perhaps mean...
Superb Lyrebird ‘Menura novaehollandiae’ Original inscriptions: ‘Maenura Superba. Published May 1 1802 by Cadell and Davies Strand. Sculp. S. I. Davies 35 Strand.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Handcoloured Engraving Size: Note:
Bird, possibly a species of Flycatcher Original inscriptions: ‘Lanius cristatus I. O. 1. 72. Crested Red Shrike. Syn. 1. 170?’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Not yet identified, perhaps a type of long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher, ‘Ptilogonys’ var.