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James Forbes Zoological Drawings With digital objects
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Chickens feeding

Item consists of a black and white illustration of a rooster, chicken, and four chicks feeding, against a full landscape. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Blue bird on fruit tree

Item consists of a colour illustration of a bird with blue upper parts and white lower parts (possibly a Nepal house martin?), perched on fruit tree branch. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet.

Genus Corvus

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of corvid eggs, entitled "Genus Corvus." The eggs are identified as: 1. Corvus Corax (Raven); 2. Corvus Corone (Carrion Crow); 3. Corvus frugilegus (Rook). Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet.

Blue-headed bird and moth

Item consists of a pencil illustration, mostly coloured, featuring a bird with blue head, black throat, olive wings, and yellow underside perched on a tree branch, alongside a brown moth. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Red-crested cardinal

Item consists of colour illustration of a red-crested cardinal (Brazilian cardinal) perched on a branch with white and pink blossoms, alongside pale coloured butterfly. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Green and red bird on flowering branch

Item consists of a colour illustration featuring a green bird with reddish back, possibly a type of bee eater with its elongated central tail feathers. Branch has white blossoms. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Seagull on a rock

Item consists of a colour illustration of a seagull against a partial landscape of a rock and plants. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet.

Two black birds perched on a fruit tree branch

Item consists of a colour illustration featuring two darkly coloured birds, with black heads and tails and lighter chests, perched on a branch of a fruit tree, possibly a plum tree. A bee is poised on the fruit. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet.

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