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  • Bird: charm image designed to protect against eagles and birds of prey. Ink drawing, Tibet, 18--?.
  • A bird of prey harnessed for falconry. Mezzotint, ca. 1882.
  • A bird of prey carrying off a fish. Watercolour drawing.
  • A bird of prey is trying to land among a large crowd of animals; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop.
  • Various birds in the air and on the ground with a large bird of prey in the centre. Engraving by H. Le Roy.
  • A woman floating in a black sky threatened by a bat and a bird of prey. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A woman floating in a black sky threatened by a bat and a bird of prey. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • Battling fowl: birds of various sizes are shown fighting, while a bird of prey swoops towards a chicken. Etching by W. Unger after F. Snyders, 1800/1850?.
  • A bird of prey prepares to swoop on a mouse and a frog in water; illustrating Aesop's fable of the frog and the mouse. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A magpie and an owl are sitting on a branch in a forest, tied to each other with a string, while a capercaillie, a bird of prey and a pidgeon are looking at the odd couple in disbelief. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • Birds of prey gathered by a lakeside: falcon, heron, monkey, vulture, sea gull and eagle. Etching by J. Griffier after F. Barlow.
  • A compilation of hunting and trapping implements, arranged around a shell-shaped ornament into which a gin-trapped feline is clawing in its death-throes; including baits and decoys as well as birds of prey used for hunting. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • An osprey. Coloured engraving.
  • A bird: a hobby. Coloured engraving.
  • An osprey (Pandion haliaetus). Coloured engraving by Whimper.
  • Fifteen birds indigenous to France, including a falcon, buzzard, eagle, golden plover, blue tit and woodpecker. Chromolithograph after M. Georges.
  • A sparrow-hawk. Etching by W. Hayes, ca. 1780.
  • A bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.
  • A booted eagle (Aquila pennata). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.
  • A Mediterranean peregrine (Falco punicus). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.
  • A white-shouldered eagle (Aquila adalberti). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.
  • A black vulture (Vultur monachus). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.
  • A golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.
  • A condor. Coloured engraving.
  • A title page illustrated with two eagles and a vulture holding a sheep's skin between them. Engraving, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.
  • A vulture. Engraving.
  • An Angolan vulture (Gyphierax angolensis). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.
  • A sparrow-hawk (Accipiter nisus). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.
  • An owl with a bird clutched in its talons is disturbed by a dog. Wood engraving.
  • An Indian vulture. Engraving.