Oology Collection

The Eggs of British Birds -- assorted eggs of different colours and sizes. Date: 1894

Wild Birds Eggs
Vintage lithograph from 1883 of wild birds eggs. Nuthatch, Sea Gull, Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Moorhen, Nightingale, Lapwing, Barn Owl, Crossbill

Wild Birds Eggs
Vintage lithograph from 1883 of wild birds eggs. Golden created Wren, Whitethroat, Siskin, Thrush, Greenfinch, Redstart, Great Tit, Teal and Blackbird

Birds Nests (engraving)
1096667 Birds Nests (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birds Nests. Illustration for The Illustrated London News)

Bird-Nesting (engraving)
2772037 Bird-Nesting (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bird-Nesting. Illustration for The Illustrated Times)

Ovology, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999484 Ovology, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Ovology, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999485 Ovology, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

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Historic collection of British Birds eggs belonging to British Museum

Head of a ratsnake, with its tongue out and tasting the air, emerging from an egg

Black feather showing through a cracked egg shell

Duckling (Anatidae) hatched from egg shell, side view

Birds nest containing five eggs, view from above

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