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James Forbes Zoological Drawings With digital objects
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Genus Scolopax

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of eggs, with caption: "Genus Scolopax. 1 Scolopax Calidris Red shank. 2. Scolopax Gallinago Common Snipe. 3 Scolopax Aegocephala Godwit."

Genus Columba

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of dove eggs, with caption: "Genus Columba. 1 C. Palumbus. Ring-Dove. 2 C. Aenas. Rock-Dove. 3 C. Turtur. Turtle-Dove."

Eggs of various Woodland Birds

Item consists of a colour illustration of six types of eggs of woodland birds. Species identified in the caption are as follows: "1 Cuculus canorus. Cuckoo. 2 Sturnus vulgaris. Starling. 3 Iynx torquilla. Wryneck. 4 Alcedo ispida. King-fisher. 5 Sitta Europea. European Nuthatch. 6 Certhia familiaris. Creeper."

Nests of the Baya with the Mahudavi Creeper

Item consists of colour illustration of hoopoe perched on a Madhavi lata, or rangoon creeper, with caption in contemporary hand. Additional later pencil notes provide the additional identification "Baya Weaver Bird (Ploceus baya)" and indicate that the image corresponds to Forbes's Oriental Memoirs, 1813, volume 1, page 48.

Genus Sylvia. Motacilla. Lin. Syst.

Item consists of a colour illustration of six types of eggs of woodland birds (that Forbes identifies as belonging to the genus Motacilla). Species identified in the caption are as follows: "1 Sylvia Aenanthe. Wheatear. 2 Sylvia Rubecula. Redbreast. 3 Sylvia Rubicola. Stonechat. 4 Sylvia Rubetra. Whinchat. 5 Sylvia Troglodytes. Common Wren. 6 Sylvia Regulus. Golden-crested Wren."

Genus Corvus

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of corvid eggs, with the caption: "Genus Corvus. 1 Corvus monedula Jackdaw. 2 Corvus glandarius Jay. 3 Corvus pica Magpie."

Genus Perdix

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of partridge eggs, with caption: "Genus Perdix. 1 Perdix Rufa. Red-legged Partridge. 2 Perdix cinerea. Common Partridge. 3 Perdix Cortunix. Quail."

Genus Parus

Item consists of a colour illustration of five types of titmouse eggs (including coal tit, great tit and blue tit), with caption: "Genus Parus. 1 Parus major. Great Titmouse. 2 Parus palustris. Marsh Titmouse. 3 Parus caudalus. Long-tailed Titmouse. 4 Parus ater. Cole Titmouse. 5 Parus caeruleus. Blue Titmouse."

Coluber Naja

Item consists of a colour illustration of a cobra next to a patch of white lilies. The figures have been cut and pasted onto sheet with background details drawn in. The caption identifies the species as "Coluber naja," according to the Linnean system. The rest of the caption reads: "Cobra de Capello, or Hooded Snake of Hindostan: this is one Dancing Snakes, of a small size, drawn from the life at Bombay, a few hours before it killed a young woman." An additional pencil annotation by Henry Mousley identifies the species as "Naia tripudians."

Anguis

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).

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