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Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Full scale painting of a brown raptor with lighter face, chest, and tail feathers. Branch perch and some background very vaguely and lightly sketched out, with much smaller bird drawn on another branch in the bottom right. Inscription below painting include, "Circus cinereus (52)," faintly pencilled in lower left corner, and pencilled in the centre below the painting, "Marsh Harrier (circus aeruginosus)," "circus aeruginosis vel spilunotus [sp?]," "[KS #41] or [44]."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Mounted painting of a multi-shaded brown eagle, perched on rock with branches and foliage close by. Inscription below the painting reads, "Circus aeruginosus (54) Male symbol" and in lower right corner, "Circus aeruginosus Male symbol Marsh Harrier [K.S. No.41]."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Mounted painting of a female red-brown coloured eagle with white head, standing on rocky riverside with very minimal foliage. Inscription below painting reads, "Circus aeruginosus (54)" with a female symbol and in lower right corner of mount, "Circus aeruginosus [female symbol] The Marsh Harrier [K.S. #41]."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Western Fox Squirrel

Drawing of an Eastern Fox Squirrel from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the United States, Canada, and Northern Europe.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Western Exploration, 1873-1874

File includes notes on ration returns for the Natural History Department of the British North American Boundary Commission; a note on the character of soil and subsoil observed in digging 6' holes for iron boundary pillars; and a list of fresh water specimens.

Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901

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