Museum Brookesianum : a descriptive and historical catalogue of the remainder of the anatomical & zootomical museum, of Joshua Brookes, Esq. ... embracing an almost endless assemblage of every species of anatomical, pathological, obstetrical, and zootomical preparations, as well as subjects in Natural History ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Wheatley & Adlard, at the Theatre of Anatomy, Blenheim Street ... on Monday, the 1st of March, 1830 ... / [Joshua Brookes].

  • Joshua Brookes
Date:
[1830]
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Credit: Museum Brookesianum : a descriptive and historical catalogue of the remainder of the anatomical & zootomical museum, of Joshua Brookes, Esq. ... embracing an almost endless assemblage of every species of anatomical, pathological, obstetrical, and zootomical preparations, as well as subjects in Natural History ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Wheatley & Adlard, at the Theatre of Anatomy, Blenheim Street ... on Monday, the 1st of March, 1830 ... / [Joshua Brookes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUESDAY, at Half-past Six precisely. [DUTY TO BE PAID BY THE PURCHASER.] Compartment C. continued. LOT 69 Cayenne Barbet (Bucco Cayanus). 70 Slender-billed Melitophaga (Melitophaga tenuirostris). 71 A Crimson-winged Wall-creeper (Echelette, Trichodoma phcenicoptera). 72 A White-faced Ant-eater, (Fourmillier, Myotheca albifrons). 73 A Black-capped Brazilian Warbler (Coereba Spiza). 74 A Goldfinch (Chevril, Cardnelis acanthis). 75 A Cayenne Warbler, Guitguit (Nectarinia Cvanea). 76 A specimen of the Night Heron (Nycticorax Europaeus). 77 A White-bellied Hatchet-bill (Pelecyrhynchus Leucogaster). Presented by Dr. Leach. 78 Beautiful specimens of the capsules of the Black Henbane (Hvoscyamus niger). 79 A Pondicherry Falcon (Falco Pondicerianus). 80 A large Crown Pigeon (Crested Goura, Lophyrus coronatus): defective. Compartment D. 81 A Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans). 82 The gray triple-ban ded-tailed Hawk (Asturina cinerea). 83 A Tock (Calao nasutus). 84 A fine specimen of a Coly (Colius striatus). 85 The Little Heron spotted Boonk (Ardeola nsevia). 86 A pair of spotted Tanotes (Totanus curonica). N.B. These very fine speci- mens are particularly interesting, inasmuch as one bird is in its full winter, and the other in its summer, plumage. 87 A handsome specimen of a Glossy Ibis (Ibis ignea). 88 A pair of uncommonly fine specimens of the King Duck, male and female (Sa- moteria spectabilis). Shot at Melville Island, and presented by John Edwards, Esq. Surgeon R. N. 89 A handsome Spotted Mophnus (Mophnus maculatus). 90 A Brazilian Motmot (Prionites Braziliensis). 91 A beautiful specimen of the Cerule Crane, Oiseau du soleil (Eurypyga Helias). 92 A specimen of the American Jabira (Mycteria Americana): defective. Compartment £. 1 A Corn-Crake (Crex ortygometra). 2 A Ceylon Shrike (Lanius Ceylonicus) : a very beautiful specimen. 3 A Yellow-tufted Philedon (Melliphaga auricoma). 4 A Sand Attagen (Pterocles arenarius). 5 A greater Pagonias (Pagonias major). 6 A forked-tailed Drongo (Edolius forficatus). 7 A green Touracon (Corythaix persa). 8 A Rose Pastor (Pastor roseus). 9 A Forked-tailed Tyrant (Tyrannus forficatus). 10 African Francolin (Francolinus Afer). 11 The King Tnnypus (Pitta Rex). 12 A Turnstone (Strepsilas collaris). 13 An Indicator (Indicator mellivorus).