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Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
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Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)

Painting of a small black bird with white at the base of the tail and on the hinge of the wing. No background, just light grey shading at back of bird. Inscription at bottom centre reads, "Pied bushchat (Ratincola caprata)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Indian robin (Copsychus fulicatus)

Small black male bird with red under the tail and belly and white at the hinge of the wing. No background. Inscription at bottom centre reads, "Black-backed Indian robin [male glyph] (Thamnobia fulicata)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Common iora (Aegithina tiphia)

Round yellow bird with darker back, black tail, and black and white striped wings. The bird is perched amidst a finely, fully articulated and painted section of a plant with long leaves and bundles of small light flowers. Background unique in Gwillim Collection. Inscription at bottom centre reads, "Common iora [female symbol] (Aegithina tiphia)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

White-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)

Painting of a dark, red-eyed bird with lighter chest and white belly. No background. Large number of very faint pencilled notes on front in lower left and upper right hand corners.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)

Painting of a brown female bird with a light eye mark and belly, darker back and wings, which also have some light markings. Standing on beige ground with stalk of wheat that extends past the dimensions of the background. Inscription pencilled in upper right of painting reads, "Stone-Chat sp.? Whin [ditto] Sp?"

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

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