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A bird: a dipper. Coloured engraving.

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

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.

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.

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

Ventolin inhaler rotacaps & rotahaler : red-backed shrike.

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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.

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

Ventolin inhaler rotacaps & rotahaler : red-backed shrike.