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Speckled Collection (#3)

"Nature's Speckled Wonders: From the Great Auk to Reticulated Frogs" Pinguinus impennis, also known as the great auk, was a majestic bird that once graced our shores

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Cologne bottle decorated with a grotesque face, c. 1600-50 (salt-glazed stoneware)

Cologne bottle decorated with a grotesque face, c. 1600-50 (salt-glazed stoneware)
HMP211507 Cologne bottle decorated with a grotesque face, c.1600-50 (salt-glazed stoneware) by German School, (17th century); height: 28 cm; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Page 66. 1. Scarlet Honeyeater. Certhia / Honeyeater / orientale. 2. Unidentified bird

Page 66. 1. Scarlet Honeyeater. Certhia / Honeyeater / orientale. 2. Unidentified bird
5670957 Page 66. 1. Scarlet Honeyeater. Certhia/Honeyeater/orientale. 2. Unidentified bird. Muscicapa malachura (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Letter N (colour litho)

Letter N (colour litho)
6032874 Letter N (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter N. Victorian scrap, late 19th century.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Page 82. Golden Plover (w / c on paper)

Page 82. Golden Plover (w / c on paper)
5670977 Page 82. Golden Plover (w/c on paper) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 04: Zoology of N. [New] Holland etc)

Background imageSpeckled Collection: F. 34 Painted duck. New Zealand, 1772-75 (w / c)

F. 34 Painted duck. New Zealand, 1772-75 (w / c)
5670805 F.34 Painted duck. New Zealand, 1772-75 (w/c) by Smith, Isaac (1753-1831); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: South Sea birds)

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Toy Horse, c. 1937. Creator: Mina Lowry

Toy Horse, c. 1937. Creator: Mina Lowry
Toy Horse, c. 1937

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Toy Horse, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Mina Lowry

Toy Horse, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Mina Lowry
Toy Horse, 1935/1942

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Speckled yellow Orchid

Speckled yellow Orchid

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Swamp Rose Mallow

Swamp Rose Mallow

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Mosaic Glass Fragment, Coptic, 4th-early 5th century. Creator: Unknown

Mosaic Glass Fragment, Coptic, 4th-early 5th century. Creator: Unknown
Mosaic Glass Fragment, Coptic, 4th-early 5th century

Background imageSpeckled Collection: USA, Washington State, Palouse, Whitman County. 2015 No Water No Life Snake River Expedition

USA, Washington State, Palouse, Whitman County. 2015 No Water No Life Snake River Expedition. Pioneer Stock Farm (4th generation wheat farm), farm eggs in root cellar

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Vienna, Virginia, Yellow, magenta, red, and white petals of a wild rose

Vienna, Virginia, Yellow, magenta, red, and white petals of a wild rose

Background imageSpeckled Collection: North America; Canada; British Columbia; Snowy Owl Waiting for Prey

North America; Canada; British Columbia; Snowy Owl Waiting for Prey

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Schist

Schist
A garnet schist from Moidart, Scotland. This specimen is a medium-grained metamorphic rock

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Two Iceland Falcons

Two Iceland Falcons
Bogdany, Jakob Oil on Canvas 109.2 x 108

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Fieldfare portrait

Fieldfare portrait
Portrait of a Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) in a tree perched on a branch; Hesse, Germany

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Portrait of a male gilded triggerfish; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Portrait of a male gilded triggerfish; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
Portrait of a male gilded triggerfish (Xanthichthys auromarginatus); Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Usambiro barbet perches on branch in profile

Usambiro barbet perches on branch in profile
Usambiro barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii usambiro) perches on branch in profile, Serengeti National Park; Tanzania

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) perched on Cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia) skeleton; Casa Grande, Arizona, United States of America

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Waterfall on a river in autumn, Clare Glens, Tipperary, Ireland

Waterfall on a river in autumn, Clare Glens, Tipperary, Ireland
Waterfall on a river in the forest with a yellow leaf on a rock in the foreground in autumn; Clare Glens, County Tipperary, Ireland

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Speckled Hummingbird in flight, Adelomyia melanogenys

Speckled Hummingbird in flight, Adelomyia melanogenys

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Speckled Pigeon with nesting material, Columba guinea

Speckled Pigeon with nesting material, Columba guinea

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Agriculture - Green zucchini on a stone surface; variety Tigress, studio

Agriculture - Green zucchini on a stone surface; variety Tigress, studio

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Coloured Rocks In A Pile; Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Coloured Rocks In A Pile; Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Background imageSpeckled Collection: The Smooth Trunkfish (Lactophrys Triqueter) Is Common On Caribbean Reefs; Bonaire

The Smooth Trunkfish (Lactophrys Triqueter) Is Common On Caribbean Reefs; Bonaire

Background imageSpeckled Collection: The Grey Jungle Fowl, Or Sonnerats Junglefowl, Gallus Sonnerati

The Grey Jungle Fowl, Or Sonnerats Junglefowl, Gallus Sonnerati

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Young Gull Swimming

Young Gull Swimming

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Speckled Egg In The Grass

Speckled Egg In The Grass

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a birds egg

Greetings card in the shape of a birds egg. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) female feeding on flower nectar, North

Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) female feeding on flower nectar, North America

Background imageSpeckled Collection: The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle
Promotional postcard for The Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from his own short story. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 4th June 1910. The scene is Holmess sitting room in Baker Street

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Tristrams great auk egg

Tristrams great auk egg
Tristrams great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Bullocks great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg

Bullocks great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century. 1962.1.5 (composite image) Date: 1962

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Illustration, Aucuba japonica Variegata, Spotted Laurel or Japanese Laurel

Illustration, Aucuba japonica Variegata, Spotted Laurel or Japanese Laurel, green yellow-spotted leaves

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), perching on top of dead bird

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), perching on top of dead bird

Background imageSpeckled Collection: House sparrow (Passer domesticus), male pecking and female, side view

House sparrow (Passer domesticus), male pecking and female, side view

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Illustration of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), male fish swimming in ocean

Illustration of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), male fish swimming in ocean

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Speckled Yellow moth (Pseudopanthera macularia)

Speckled Yellow moth (Pseudopanthera macularia)

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Martagon Lily or Turks Cap Lily -Lilium martagon-, flowering, Thuringia, Germany

Martagon Lily or Turks Cap Lily -Lilium martagon-, flowering, Thuringia, Germany

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Six-spot Burnet -Zygaena filipendulae, Anthrocera Filipendulae-, on a Vipers Bugloss -Echium vulgare

Six-spot Burnet -Zygaena filipendulae, Anthrocera Filipendulae-, on a Vipers Bugloss -Echium vulgare-, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Shargottite Sayh al Uhaymir 008 meteorite

Shargottite Sayh al Uhaymir 008 meteorite
Shargottite Sayh al Uhaymir 008, found in Oman in 1999. The specimen is about 10cm long. SNCs (Sherogtty, Nakhla and Chassigny) are a group of stony meteorites thought to come from Mars

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Biston betularia, peppered moth

Biston betularia, peppered moth
Two specimens of the same species of moth illustrating industrial melanism, which is abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Proverbs / Counting Chicks

Proverbs / Counting Chicks
A black speckled hen and her chicks on an Easter postcard

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Stabyhoun (Stabij), side view

Stabyhoun (Stabij), side view

Background imageSpeckled Collection: Pumpkin Sweet Dumpling, close-up

Pumpkin Sweet Dumpling, close-up



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