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Brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)

Mounted painting of a white gull with brownish-gray head, red beak, and a few dark tail feathers, standing on flat ground with hills and water in the background. Inscription below painting in pencil and struck through in lower right corner reads, "Larus ridibundus."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Weeper capuchin

Drawing of a Wedge-capped Capuchin from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

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

Black Lemur

Drawing of a Black Lemur from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Madagascar.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Lesser florikan (Sypheotides indicus)

Mounted painting of a small, spotted brown tall and thin bird, standing on a round piece of ground with a few bits of grass. Inscription below the painting reads, "lesser florikan or Likh [female gylph] (sypheotis aurite)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Campbell's Guenon

Drawing of a Campbell's Guenon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: West Africa.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Indian eagle owl (Bubo bengalensis)

Mounted painting of a brown owl with white face mask, light gold belly, brown speckled chest and back, standing in front of rocky outcrop with minimal foliage. Inscriptions pencilled in lower right side of painting read, "Strix bubo" and "Huhna bengalensis (71)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata)

Framed painting of an eagle with light coloured head, chest, and belly, with wings of gradient shades of brown, standing on a rock with full leaves behind it. Pencilled notes and measurements in lower left corner: "N. Bonelli (33)" (remainder of inscription too faint to read).

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Yellow Baboon

Drawing of a Yellow Baboon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: East Africa.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

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