Plaintive Cuckoo (possibly) ‘Cacomantis merulinus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Cuculus flavus Gmelin’ [Pencil] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 156 by 247 mm Note: This is probably meant to be the male Plaintive Cuckoo but the tail and wings have a rufous tint and barri...
Greater Green Leafbird ‘Chloropsis sonnerati’ Original inscriptions: ‘Turdus cochinchinensis. major. var. Raffles. sonerattii. Jard.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 260 by 338 mm Note: Male. Eye left incomplete
Malayan Night Heron ‘Gorsachius melanolophus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Ardea. Milalophus Raffles.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 405 by 310 mm Note: juvenile
Bridled Tern (possibly) ‘Sterna anaethetus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Sterna. Probably meant for leucoparium.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 410 by 296 mm Note: The inscription refers to the Whiskered Tern, ‘leucopareia childonas hybrida’, but although the markin...
Blue-Winged Pitta ‘Pitta moluccensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Pitta cyanoptera. Temm Pl. Col. 218.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 240 by 322 mm Note: Legs left unfinished
Black-Naped Oriole ‘Oriolus chinensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Oriolus chinensis apud Raffles. Oriolus Sinensis. Oriolus Indicus .Briss. Jard. Ill. t. 15’ [Pencil] ‘Tiung alau’ [Malay] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 358 by 270 mm Note: