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Green and red bird on flowering branch

Item consists of a colour illustration featuring a green bird with reddish back, possibly a type of bee eater with its elongated central tail feathers. Branch has white blossoms. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Red-crested cardinal

Item consists of colour illustration of a red-crested cardinal (Brazilian cardinal) perched on a branch with white and pink blossoms, alongside pale coloured butterfly. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Two birds on a branch

Item consists of partially coloured illustration featuring two birds perched on a branch, possibly of a plum tree. One bird has a white body with black wings and lighter head, second bird is brown with white throat and black markings on head. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Blue-headed bird and moth

Item consists of a pencil illustration, mostly coloured, featuring a bird with blue head, black throat, olive wings, and yellow underside perched on a tree branch, alongside a brown moth. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Black-winged Stilt, Common Kingfisher, and Sarus Crane

Item consists of one page featuring three colour illustrations of birds cut out and pasted on leaf. The birds are identified by later handwritten pencil captions. The birds are identified in the captions as: Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), and Sarus Crane (Megaloris antigone). An additional note indicates that the drawing of the crane corresponds to volume II, page 288 of Forbes's "Oriental Memoirs" (the "Sahras or Demoiselle of Guzerat.")

Swans and duck

Item cosists of a black and white illustration featuring two swans and one duck against an unfinished background of a pond. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.

Seagull on a rock

Item consists of a colour illustration of a seagull against a partial landscape of a rock and plants. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet.

Two black birds perched on a fruit tree branch

Item consists of a colour illustration featuring two darkly coloured birds, with black heads and tails and lighter chests, perched on a branch of a fruit tree, possibly a plum tree. A bee is poised on the fruit. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet.

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