Animals of the swamp

Banded Stilt
Leptorhynchus pectoralis; (Dubus). John Gould 1804-1881, lithographer. Elizabeth Gould 1804-1841, lithographer. Birds of Australia. Printed by C. Hullmandel,  [1837]. Courtesy of the State Library Victoria Collection.

Pobblebonk Frog
Pobblebonk, Lymnodynastes dumerilii, by Arthur Bartholomew for Figure 2 of Plate 42 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.  Courtesy of Museums Victoria Collection. PZ 42.4

Coot
Sketchbook belonging to John Cotton, with sketches and descriptions of birds of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, [1844-1849]. Courtesy State Library of Victoria.  MS 9817.

Duck varieties
Sketchbook belonging to John Cotton, with sketches and descriptions of birds of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, [1844-1849]. Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  MS 9817.

Yabby, Cherax destructor
Yabby, Cherax destructor, by Arthur Bartholomew, 7 August 1877, commissioned by Frederick McCoy for his zoological research. Courtesy of Museums Victoria Collections. PZ 29.1

Red-bellied Black Snake
Red-bellied Black Snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus, by Arthur Bartholomew. Plate 1 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy. Courtesy of Museums Victoria Collections. PZ 1.1

Grassland Earless Dragon
Tympanocryptis lineata, Earless Dragon by John James Wild (del & lith). Series of illustrations finally published as plate 181 in The Prodromus of Zoology by Frederick McCoy.  Courtesy of Museums Victoria Collection. PZ 181.

Plain Plover
Sketchbook belonging to John Cotton, with sketches and descriptions of birds of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, [1844-1849]. John Cotton, 1807-1849. Courtesy State Library of Victoria.  MS 9817.