Painting of a small bird with dark head and back, light belly. Perched on a branch with very little foliage, no other background. Inscription at bottom centre reads, "Ashy swallow-shrike (Artamus fuscus)."
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)."
Drawing of an Asian Pied Starling from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: India and Southeast Asia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Drawing of a Southern Cassowary from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790