Ornithology newspaper cuttings
- CA RBD BWMSS-012.6
- File
- 1870-1872
Notebook containing newspaper clippings and ledger of expenses
Vennor, Henry George, 1840-1884
Ornithology newspaper cuttings
Notebook containing newspaper clippings and ledger of expenses
Vennor, Henry George, 1840-1884
Original mines and mining notes in the province of Ontario 1871
Notebook about mines and geological samples in Ontario
Vennor, Henry George, 1840-1884
Notebook containing an inventory of Vennor's library and specimen collections
Vennor, Henry George, 1840-1884
Notebook on natural history, Island of Montreal and vicinity 1858-1864
Notebook documenting wildlife sightings and collection of specimens, especially of birds
Vennor, Henry George, 1840-1884
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Framed painting of small raptor perched on rock with some foliage in a partial background, colour much paler than normal. Inscription on painting reads: "Kestrel [male glyph] (Tinnunculus aluadarius)."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Framed portrait of a raptor in full landscape. Raptor is red with white head, foreground is full of foliage, three worshipful figures at right in full background.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Framed painting of a large black and white stork in full landscape, with the background full of foliage.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting of a small heron with a fish in its bill (unique in the collection), probably a catfish, with partial background featuring a small body of water or pond, rocks, and foliage. Inscriptions below the painting read: "? Eastern Purple Heron juv. (Ardea manillensis)," and in the lower right corner: "Ardea."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Indian, black, red-headed or Pondicherry vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting with a life-sized bust (head, neck, shoulders) study of a vulture on otherwise blank page. Inscription below the painting reads: "Black, King, or Pondicherry Vulture (Otogyps calvus)."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Part of Gwillim Collection
Two mounted drawings of a vulture affixed to a single page. Upper image is a small painting of the bird, lower is a life-sized bust portrait of the bird with a rough sketch of the whole bird in upper right corner. The lower painting also includes some illegible pencil notes in the bottom left, probably relating to the measurements of the bird. Inscription beneath the lower painting reads: "Indian long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus)."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807