Lot 149: Cape griffon vulture; Two scops owls; Black-tailed godwit; White bellied bustard; 'Cypselus apus' of Natal; Lesser flammingo; Two common swifts; Red-billed hornbil; Black harrier; Stanley crane; Lomg-tailed coucal; Red necked jnyx, Ground

Harold Martel Millar (South African, 1865-1962) Cape griffon vulture; Two scops owls; Black-tailed godwit; White bellied bustard; 'Cypselus apus' of Natal; Lesser flammingo; Two common swifts; Red-billed hornbil; Black harrier; Stanley crane; Lomg-tailed coucal; Red necked jnyx, Ground woodpecker; Streak breasted swallow, Greater-striped swallow; Double-banded courser; Marshall's seed eater, Black throated canary and White-throated canary; A ruff; Spur-winged lapwing; Black-bellied bustard; Yellow-streaked Greenbul; Crimson-winged pigeon; Seabird; Speckled mouse bird, Red-faced mouse bird and a Lesser speckled mouse bird; White-throated swallow and a Banded martin; 'Capella media' of Natal; 'Pogonocichla stellata' of Natal, 'Pogonocichla stellata chirindensis' and 'Pogonocichla stellata transvaalensis' all signed and numbered 'Harold M. Millar/C.M.L.3.S' (lower right), with species inscribed in latin (lower centre), with some dated '1926' (lower right) pencil, pen and watercolour on card, unframed (two framed) 15¼ x 12½ un. (38.8 x 31.8 cm.) 25 in the lot (25)

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Harold Martel Millar was fascinated by South African nature throughout his life. He initially trained as a lawyer, but was also a skilled taxidermist who built a reputation as a collector of natural history and as an ornithologist. He earned international acclaim for his watercolours of local birds and flowers, to which he fully dedicated himself in 1902, along with taxidermy and collecting. He was also greatly involved in the work of the Durban Museum and the development of their collections of local flora and wildlife.