Lesser Green Broadbill ‘Calyptomena viridis’ Original inscriptions: ‘calypso viridis. Calyptomena viridis Raffles’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 256 by 354 mm Note: Male
Blue-Throated Bee-Eater ‘Merops viridis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Merops badius Gmel’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 350 by 240 mm Note:
Gould’s Bronze Cuckoo ‘Chrysococcyx russatus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Cuculus malayanus. Raffles’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 263 by 382 mm Note: Very similar to Little Bronze Cuckoo, but the bird in image has more bronze than green, hence identified as Gould...
Asian Fairy Bluebird ‘Irena puella’ Original inscriptions: ‘Coracias puella. Irena Horsfield. I. puella’ [indistinct pencil] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 400 by 365 mm Note: The paint has apparently changed colour over the years. The blue parts of the plumage a...
Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo ‘Dicrurus paradiseus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Lanius Malabaricus. Malabaricus Scop.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 320 by 420 mm Note: Eye left incomplete
Jambu Fruit Dove ‘Ptilinopus jambu’ Original inscriptions: ‘Columba Jambu. Ptilonopus Jambu (Gmel).’ [Pencil and Ink] ‘Poonai Jambu’ [Malay] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 265 by 335 mm Note:
Green Imperial Pigeon ‘Ducula aenea’ Original inscriptions:’ Columba aenea. Raffles’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 275 by 416 mm Note: