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James Forbes Zoological Drawings With digital objects
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A variety of the Indian Certhia

Item consists of a pencil and partially coloured illustration of a red and blue bird poised on a branch, with identification and description in pen in contemporary hand: A variety of the Indian Certhia; with different Trees and Shrubs on Salsette. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Another variety of the Indian Certhia

Item consists of a pencil and partially coloured illustration of a reddish brown bird with black wings poised on a branch and a flying insect, with description in pen in contemporary hand: Another variety of the Certhia, with wild Forest Plants, and Insects, in the Concan. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Blue-headed bird and moth

Item consists of a pencil illustration, mostly coloured, featuring a bird with blue head, black throat, olive wings, and yellow underside perched on a tree branch, alongside a brown moth. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Red-crested cardinal

Item consists of colour illustration of a red-crested cardinal (Brazilian cardinal) perched on a branch with white and pink blossoms, alongside pale coloured butterfly. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Green and red bird on flowering branch

Item consists of a colour illustration featuring a green bird with reddish back, possibly a type of bee eater with its elongated central tail feathers. Branch has white blossoms. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Long-tailed Titmouse (Aegithalos caudatus)

Item consists of a colour illustration of a long-tailed tit, perched on a branch with a nest and insects. A pencil caption by Henry Mousley identifies the bird. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Genus Falco

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of raptor eggs, entitled "Genus Falco." The eggs are identified as: 1. Falco Nisus (Sparrow Hawke) and 2. Falco Hirunculus (Kestrel), as well as a third "Variety in the Egg."

Eggs of different Sea Fowl

Item consists of a colour illustration of the eggs of the pied avocet and pied oystercatcher, identified by the caption as "Haematopus ostralegus (Pied Oystercatcher)" and "Recurvirostra Avosetta (Scooping Avoset)."

Genus Meleagris

Item consists of a colour illustration of two turkey eggs, with the caption: "Genus Meleagris. Meleagris Gallo-parro -- Two varieties of the Turkey."

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