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Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
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Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)

Painting of a speckled brown female bittern crouched against reeds in foreground, plains and mountains in the distant right background.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)

Mounted painting of a juvenile long-legged black and white stork on flat background and faint indication of the sea.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)

Painting of a tall stork with a white chest, bare neck, and pale yellow bill. Black-brown back and wing, with a white stripe down the center. Tall brown legs, and dark speckles on the neck and face, with a dark streak near the eye. Inscription at bottom left in pencil reads, "Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)

Painting of a bright orange and red male bird, with a small heron-like shape, and darker feathers along back of neck/top of body. Inscription at lower right corner reads, "Ardea," and in the lower left corner, "Chestnut Bittern (ardetta cinnamomeus)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)

Painting of a smaller heron, with a grey-green body with some striped feathers and neck spots, no background. Inscription at bottom left reads, "Little Green Heron (Butorides javanica)," and at bottom right, "Adrea."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia)

Mounted painting of a white egret in foreground, and six egrets in various poses in middle ground, on edge of river. Full background, with large trees, buildings, and people in boat in the distance.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Indian pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)

Mounted painting of a small white and beige heron in breeding plumage with darker, red back feathers, in sparse landscape with rocks, minimal foliage, and some mountains in right distance. Inscription at bottom left, on painted ground reads, "Pond Heron or Paddy Bird (ardeola grayi)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)

Mounted painting of a mostly white gull with light grey back and wings, no background. Inscription below painting reads, "Dark-backed herring gull (winter) (larus affinis)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Mounted painting of a pair of birds, one brown and spotted, the other dark brown and black (with beak open), perched on a branch over a river with dense foliage in the left background and flat ground with palms and a building in the right background. Inscription below painting reads, "Koels [with male and female glyphs] (eudynamys honorata)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

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