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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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.

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."

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."

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."

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of eggs, with caption: "Genus Tringa. 1 Tringa Pugnax. Ruff. 2 Tringa Vanellus. Lapwing. 3 Ditto, a variety. Variety."