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Oriental honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)

Painting of a beige and brown raptor perched on rocks with minimal foliage in close background. Inscription below the painting reads: "pernis cristatis ruficollis Indian Crested Honey Buzzard" at bottom centre with female gylph and "[K.S. #278a]."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Mounted painting of a multi-shaded brown eagle, perched on rock with branches and foliage close by. Inscription below the painting reads, "Circus aeruginosus (54) Male symbol" and in lower right corner, "Circus aeruginosus Male symbol Marsh Harrier [K.S. No.41]."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Mounted painting of a female red-brown coloured eagle with white head, standing on rocky riverside with very minimal foliage. Inscription below painting reads, "Circus aeruginosus (54)" with a female symbol and in lower right corner of mount, "Circus aeruginosus [female symbol] The Marsh Harrier [K.S. #41]."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

Mounted painting of a light-headed bird with red belly and darker back and feathers, perched on the ground with a good amount of foliage. Inscription in lower left of drawing reads, "Buteo canescens (45)" and in lower right corner, "Buteo ferox ferox, Long-legged buzzard [K.S.#139]" with a question mark and a female symbol.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

Mounted painting of a dark brown water bird with lighter neck and head, no background. Inscription in pencil below painting reads, "Indian darter or snake-bird (plotus melanogaster)," another inked in lower right corner reads, "No 128 Plotus."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)

Painting of a bright orange and red male bird, with a small heron-like shape, and darker feathers along back of neck/top of body. Inscription at lower right corner reads, "Ardea," and in the lower left corner, "Chestnut Bittern (ardetta cinnamomeus)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Sarus crane (Antigone antigone)

One full painting of tall crane with grey back, pink legs and a pink head, no background. Three additional smaller sketches in lower right corner with pencilled bodies, pink legs and heads in different poses. Inscription at bottom left reads, "Sarus crane (Grus antigone)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola)

Painting of a small brown-grey bird with black wing and tail tips, black-lined bib on white chest. Partial background of rocks and plants close to body of the bird. Inscriptions at bottom left reads, "Large Indian Pratincole (Glareola Orientalis [?])."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator)

Painting of a smaller juvenile raptor with white face and dark brown cap, orange and brown speckled belly, and dark brown back and wings. Perched on a rock in a limited landscape with some foliage. Inscription in bottom centre reads, "Indian Hobby imm (Falco severus)," below that: "Hypotriorchis severus (14)." Firmly pencilled in lower right corner, "Falco severus indicus (immature) Central Indian Hobby (? Female symbol) [K.S.#292B]."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

Painting in mat frame of a white and grey tern with darker bib and black headcap. Orange-red beak and feet. No background other than the suggestion of a beige rock and ground under the bird's body. Inscription below painting reads, "White-cheeked tern (Sterna albigena)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

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