Class of vertebrates characterized by wings, a feather-covered body and a beak

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A bird: a dipper. Coloured engraving.

A magpie from New Caledonia. Engraving by Bawtree after J. B. Audebert.

Das Gehörorgan der Wirbelthiere : morphologisch-histologische Studien / von Gustaf Retzius.

A New Holland cassowary and two enlarged feathers. Etching by P. Mazell after Lt. Watts.

Engineering: a large pumping station. Coloured lithograph, [post 1875].

Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.

3D MRI of a 6-day-old quail egg

A large black bird, possibly a chough. Etching by W. Hayes, ca. 1780.

A bird, possibly a type of warbler. Coloured etching.

The god Apollo holding his bow and an arrow. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

The Zoological Museum ... : Mr. Seaman, (as manager for a society of gentlemen, to whom this collection belongs) begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this town, that he has just arrived with that extensive and valuable Museum, containing many thousands of natural curiosities ...

A great northern diver or common loon. Etching.

A pied oyster-catcher. Etching with engraving.

A pocket-book of British birds / by E.F.M. Elms.

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

Development of the avian embryo : a behavioural and physiological study / B.M. Freeman and Margaret A. Vince.

A fish being carried off by a bird. Watercolour drawing.

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Birds

Images from the collections

Images referencing Birds

Works from the collections

A pied oyster-catcher. Etching with engraving.

A pocket-book of British birds / by E.F.M. Elms.

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

Development of the avian embryo : a behavioural and physiological study / B.M. Freeman and Margaret A. Vince.

A fish being carried off by a bird. Watercolour drawing.

Birds

Images from the collections

Images referencing Birds

Works from the collections

A pied oyster-catcher. Etching with engraving.

A pocket-book of British birds / by E.F.M. Elms.

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

Development of the avian embryo : a behavioural and physiological study / B.M. Freeman and Margaret A. Vince.

A fish being carried off by a bird. Watercolour drawing.

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