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Smew [male] Eclipse plumage? & [female]

CA RBD MSG BW002-823
Item
between approximately 1744 and 1745

Part of Taylor White Collection

Drawing of a pair of Smews (the left is a female and the right is an eclipse male) from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: Europe, Central Asia, and East Asia].

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Smew [male] & [female]

CA RBD MSG BW002-822
Item
1739

Part of Taylor White Collection

Drawing of a pair of Smews (the left is a breeding male and the right is an eclipse male) from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: Europe, Central Asia, and East Asia].

Collins, Charles

Smelt

CA RBD MSG BW002-933
Item
undated

Part of Taylor White Collection

Drawing of a European Smelt from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: The North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, and the North Sea.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Small sketches of plants

CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-380-0015
Item
undated

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Small envelope containing six sketches of plants and fossils of plants. Envelope is addressed to Sir William Dawson, and note of the back reads “Bain, Tylodendron.”

Small red and blue macaw

CA RBD MSG BW002-260
Item
undated

Part of Taylor White Collection

Drawing of a Lesser Antillean Macaw--also known as a Guadeloupe Macaw--from a species that is now extinct. Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Small bird on a branch

CA RBD MSG BW003-14
Item
approximately 1811

Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings

Item consists of a colour illustration of a small green bird with a white head, perched on a branch with flowers. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet.