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Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
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Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Mounted painting with full depiction of a pale-colored buzzard, with partial background of rocks and plants. Inscriptions below the painting read: "Smaller White Scavenger Vulture (Neophron ginginianus)" at bottom centre, and "Neophron ginginianus" in lower left corner.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)

Framed painting of a bird with white body, black neck, head, and legs, standing on rock by water. Full and close background featuring plants with hanging, full pods.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Crested serpent-eagle (Spilornis cheela)

Framed painting of a tall eagle with brown back and speckled white belly, perched on flat rock with detailed plant at the right bearing red fruit (ivy gourd), with a full landscape background.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)

Mounted painting of a white goose with two black bars on the back of head, standing by the water with wood and foliage, with a full landscape background with temples in the far left. Inscription below painting reads, "Bar-headed goose (anser indicus)." Another in lower right corner reads, "Anas."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)

Mounted painting of a white gull with brownish-gray head, red beak, and a few dark tail feathers, standing on flat ground with hills and water in the background. Inscription below painting in pencil and struck through in lower right corner reads, "Larus ridibundus."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Mounted painting of a pair of birds, one brown and spotted, the other dark brown and black (with beak open), perched on a branch over a river with dense foliage in the left background and flat ground with palms and a building in the right background. Inscription below painting reads, "Koels [with male and female glyphs] (eudynamys honorata)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Lesser florikan (Sypheotides indicus)

Mounted painting of a small, spotted brown tall and thin bird, standing on a round piece of ground with a few bits of grass. Inscription below the painting reads, "lesser florikan or Likh [female gylph] (sypheotis aurite)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)

Mounted painting of a mostly white gull with light grey back and wings, no background. Inscription below painting reads, "Dark-backed herring gull (winter) (larus affinis)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Painting of a small white and pale pink egret in breeding plumage, standing on ground in simple background, some trees and a tall building in the left distance.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Painting of a grey heron, with white neck and head, darker back feathers, with black accents. foliage close to shape of bird's body, with rock and water further in background. Inscription at bottom left reads, "Common Heron [male glyph] (ardea cinerea)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

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