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Passeriformes With digital objects
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Common iora (Aegithina tiphia)

Round yellow bird with darker back, black tail, and black and white striped wings. The bird is perched amidst a finely, fully articulated and painted section of a plant with long leaves and bundles of small light flowers. Background unique in Gwillim Collection. Inscription at bottom centre reads, "Common iora [female symbol] (Aegithina tiphia)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

White-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)

Painting of a dark, red-eyed bird with lighter chest and white belly. No background. Large number of very faint pencilled notes on front in lower left and upper right hand corners.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

White-browed Bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus)

Small brown bird with white eye patch, tan-yellow belly, and whiskers on face and head. Tail is slightly darker brown. Bird is perched on branch with some foliage. Lightly pencilled (illegible) identification of bird, with heavily pencilled "Muscicapa" inscribed in lower right corner.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

Painting of a black bird with white and red cheeks, white chest and belly, red under tail, and lighter black tail feathers. Bird is perched on thin branch with a few leaves. Inscription at bottom centre reads, "Bengal red-whiskered bulbul (Otocompsa emeria)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Common iora (Aegithina tiphia)

Yellow male bird in breeding plumage, with black back from head to tail, white spot on wing. Sitting on branch in front of landscape in background featuring palm trees and what appear to be stone markers along a road. Inscription at bottom centre reads, "Common iora [male glyph] (Aegithina tiphia)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807