Drawing of a Rough Legged Hawk from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: North America, Europe, Russia, and Central and Northeast Asia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Drawing of a Rough Legged Hawk from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: North America, Europe, Russia, Central and Northeast Asia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Drawing of a Rough Legged Hawk from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: North America, Europe, Russia, and Central and Northeast Asia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Item consists of a colour drawing of a snake. The caption identifies the species as "Anguis." The rest of the caption reads: "called by the Natives Hoogli-pattee. A Fowl bitten in the thigh by this Reptile, expired in five minutes." An additional pencil annotation by Henry Mousley identifies the species as "Hydrophis schistosus" (beaked sea snake).
Drawing of a Smooth-billed Ani from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Florida, Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Also attributed to Collins, Charles].
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
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.