Subject: Birds - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/80
Title:: Barn Owl
Scope & Content:: Barn Owl Original inscriptions: ‘Strix javanica….?’ Artist: Medium: Pencil Size: Note: Unfinished sketch
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/81
Title:: Reddish Scops Owl
Scope & Content:: Reddish Scops Owl ‘Otus rufescens’ Original inscriptions: ‘Ephialtes rufescens Horsf. Sp’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour over pencil Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/82a
Title:: Owl’s eyes
Scope & Content:: Owl eyes Original inscriptions: ‘Mocilus flavipes’ [?] Artist: Medium: Watercolour over pencil Size: Note: Only a pair of eyes are depicted. Part of a drawing in which the eyes are shown in the top half and a Junglefowl head is shown at the bottom.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/82b
Title:: Green Junglefowl (male)
Scope & Content:: Green Junglefowl (male) Original inscriptions: ‘Gallus varius’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour over pencil Size: Note: Only the head is portrayed. Part of a drawing in which Owl eyes are shown in the top half and the Junglefowl head is shown at the bottom.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/83
Title:: Red Junglefowl (male)
Scope & Content:: Red Junglefowl (male) ‘Gallus gallus’ Original inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/84
Title:: Emerald Dove
Scope & Content:: Emerald Dove ‘Chalcophaps indica’ Original inscriptions: ‘Chalcophaps indica Linn. Javanica Gmel’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour over Pencil Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/85
Title:: Little Cuckoo Dove
Scope & Content:: Little Cuckoo Dove ‘Macropygia ruficeps’ Original inscriptions: ‘Macropygia ruficeps Temm’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour over Pencil Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/86
Title:: Pied Imperial Pigeon
Scope & Content:: Pied Imperial Pigeon ‘Ducula bicolor’ Original inscriptions: ‘Carpophaga bicolor. Scop. C. litoralis Temm. Mr Wallace has 4 sp(ecimen)s of this White Carpohaga.’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour over Pencil Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/87
Title:: Grey-Breasted Partridge (possibly)
Scope & Content:: Grey-breasted Partridge (possibly) ‘Arborophila orientalis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Orientalis Hors. Tropicoperdix’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: But not precise rendition
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/88
Title:: Magpie Goose
Scope & Content:: Magpie Goose ‘Anseranas semipalmatus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Anseranus melanoburos. v. semipalmatus. Australis’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

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