Accipitriformes Collection (page 9)

The Island Sanctuary
Plate 5 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Coragyps atratus, black vulture
Plate 106 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Spizaetus alboniger, Blyths hawk-eagle
Plate 10 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 1, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Colinus viginianus, northern bobwhite, Buteo lineatus, red-s
Plate 76 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Ictinia mississippiensis, Mississippi kite
Plate 117 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

A collection of 20 birds eggs
A collection of birds eggs showing different sizes and variations. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Accipiter cooperii, Coopers hawk
Plate 36 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Buteo platypterus, broad-winged hawk
Plate 91 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Aegypius monachus, cinereous vulture
Plate 13 from Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees d Oiseaux (1820) by Coenraad Jacob Temminck

Haliaeetus albicilla, white-tailed sea eagle skeleton
The skeleton of a white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), housed at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Accipiter trivirgatus, crested goshawk
Plate 26, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Collection of birds feathers
Plate 25 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Collection birds eggs
Plate 58 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn

Margate fish (top) & sea sparrow-hawk (bottom)

White-tailed Eagle
Illustration of a White-tailed Eagle by James Hope Stewart

Aquila chrysaetos, golden eagle
Plate 37 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Pandion haliaetus, osprey
Plate 15 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Eagle design
Drawing 55 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of panels in windows of first floor south front of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875

Hen harrier design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Haliaeetus leucocephalus, bald eagle
Plate 1, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Milvus milvus, red kite
Plate 13 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Accipiter nisus, Eurasian sparrowhawk
Plate 81 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Gyps fulvus, Eurasian griffon vulture
Image of an Eurasian griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus displayed at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Display of bird feet at the Natural History Museum, London
Exhibit featuring the feet of an osprey (Pandion haliaeetus). In the Bird Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Buteo lineatus, red-shouldered hawk
Plate 71 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Aquila adalberti, spanish imperial eagle

Gyps bengalensis, Indian white rumped vulture
Indian white rumped vulture egg specimens

Haliaeetus leucoryphus, pallass fish eagle

Butastur teesa, white-eyed buzzard
White-eyed buzzard egg specimens

Buteo jamaicensis, red-tailed hawk
Plate 86 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Circus cyaneus, marsh hawk or northern harrier
Hand coloured engraving, by George Edwards (1694- 1773), 1758. Paper size: 285 x 120 mm. Original artwork held by the Natural History Museum

Buteo swainsoni, Swainsons hawk
Plate 372 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Circus cyaneus, hen harrier
Plate 356 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Gymnogyps californianus, Californian condor
Plate 426 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Elanus caeruleus, black-winged kite
Plate 352 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Parabuteo unicinctus, Harris hawk
Plate 392 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Bubo bubo, northern eagle-owl
Watercolour and pencil by Edward Julius Detmold (c. 1930)

Circaetus gallicus, short-toed eagle
A watercolour by an unknown artist, part of the Lord Ashton Collection

Macheiramphus alcinus, bat hawk
A hand-coloured lithograph by Joseph Wolf, (c. 1860). This bird of prey hunts at dusk for bats. Native to Africa, South East Asia and New Guinea. Part of the Jardine Collection

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