%eadnotat; ]> T.M. Shortt Illustrations1925-ca. 1984 Ewell Sale Stewart Library Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002 EAD tagging 03/14/2002. ENG T.M. Shortt Illustrations Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 04/2002Cataloging made possible by The Getty Grant Program. Coll. 805 Shortt, T.M. Illustrations1925-ca. 1984 28 sketchbooks, 105 photographs, 84 illustrations Ewell Sale Stewart Library, Academy of Natural Sciences
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Terence Michael Shortt, artist and ornithologist, was born in 1911. He joined the scientific staff of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, where he participated in major expeditions across the globe. The majority of this collection contains Shortt's 28 field sketchbooks which include thousands of pencil and watercolor sketches of birds, other animals, landcapes, people, insects and flora interspersed with Shortt's anecdotes and quotes (1925-1981). Shortt's sketchbooks represent travels in Canada, the southwestern desert, Eastern Shore, and Alaska in the United States, England, The Galapagos Islands, Mexico, South America, Trinidad and Tobago, India, the West Indies, Burma, Thailand, Japan, and Africa. In smaller quantity, the collection includes just over 100 photographs, snapshots, and slides of Shortt, his wife (Audrey Bell Shortt), co-workers, expeditions, and dioramas. Also included in the collection are about 84 watercolors, pencil drawings, cartoons, Christmas cards, and oil paintings not associated with Shortt's sketchbooks.

Terence Michael Shortt, artist and ornithologist, was born in 1911 in Winnipeg, Canada, to an artist mother and an outdoorsman father. He began to paint birds almost as soon as he could hold a brush. After several years at art school and short stints as a commercial artist (drawing fashions for a mail order catalog) and a bank clerk in Winnipeg, he joined the scientific staff of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, where he spent the following 46 years. Here he was responsible for design and construction of dioramas and exhibitions. Shortt explains that his job required him "to be a jack of all trades: illustrator, background painter, accessory maker, taxidermist, field collector, label writer, public speaker, docent, business manager, moulder and caster, purchasing agent, inventor, floor sweeper, etc."

Shortt began his official explorations for ROM with a series of comprehensive collecting trips through western and northern Ontario. While on these trips, Shortt also developed his skills as an artist, making hundreds of pencil sketches of the wildlife he saw. The drawings served as invaluable visual resources from which he could draw ideas and information for book illustrations, museum displays, and paintings, which he finished at a later date.

In 1938 Shortt was invited by the Canadian government to serve as official ornithologist on its Eastern Arctic Patrol aboard the Hudson's Bay Company ship Nascopie. Collecting expeditions increased in number and frequency as he began to develop a series of dioramas. As his artistic reputation grew, so did opportunities for travel. He soon added expeditions to Mexico, Trinidad, Tobago, Ecuador, Columbia, Peru, India, Thailand, Burma, Japan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Madagascar and the Seychelles to his experience. By the time of his retirement from the Musuem in 1976, he had probably seen and sketched from life more species of the world's birds than any other artist.

Terence married Audrey Bell in August 1939 and they honeymooned with binoculars and sketchpad through the parklands of Arizona and New Mexico. Audrey accompanied her husband on many subsequent trips as well.

Many contemporary artists and critics consider Shortt's field sketches to be masterworks. Fellow artist Barry Kent McKay reminisced: "He could take a pencil and a scrap of paper, and with a minimum of deft pencil strokes, capture the exact essence of a bird's features and attitude. . . without error or correction." In addition to his own artistic abilities, Shortt played a role in the development of many artistic careers, including those of Robert Bateman and J. Fenwick Landsdowne. Roger Tory Peterson has stated: "Canada, in proportion to its population, has perhaps more first-rate bird artists than any other English-speaking country. This is largely because of one man: Terry Shortt, the dean of them all, who inspired and gave generously of his time to every talented youngster who haunted the halls of the Royal Ontario Museum."

Shortt died in Toronto from heart problems at the age of 75, December 1986.

The majority of this collection contains Shortt's 28 field sketchbooks which include thousands of pencil and watercolor sketches of birds, other animals, landcapes, people, insects and flora interspersed with anecdotes and quotes (1925-1981). Shortt's sketchbooks cover nearly the entire globe, reaching not only Canada but the southwestern desert, Eastern Shore, and Alaska in the United States, England, The Galapagos Islands, Mexico, South America, Trinidad and Tobago, India, the West Indies, Burma, Thailand, Japan, and Africa. In smaller quantity, the collection includes just over 100 photographs, snapshots, and slides of Shortt, his wife (Audrey Bell Shortt), co-workers, expeditions, and dioramas. Also included in the collection are about 84 watercolors, pencil drawings, cartoons, Christmas cards, and oil paintings not associated with Shortt's sketchbooks, as well as advertisements designed by Shortt and magazine or book publications in which Shortt was featured or to which Shortt contributed articles or sketches.

Birds - Canada Birds - Southwestern States Birds - East (U.S.)Birds - AlaskaBirds - Galapagos Islands Birds - Mexico Birds - South America Birds - Trinidad and Tobago Birds - India Birds - West Indies Birds - Burma Birds - ThailandBirds - England Birds - Japan Birds - Africa Birds - Uganda Birds - Madagascar Birds - South Africa Ornithological Illustrations Sketchbooks Studies (visual works) Travel Sketches Watercolors Drawings Portrait Photographs Expedition Photographs Snapshots Cartoons (humorous images)

Organized into 3 series:

Illustrated Field Sketchbooks Paintings and Drawings Photographs, Slides and Transparencies

Information on reproduction rights and services available in the library or on the web at http://www.ansp.org/library/reproductions.php.

Cite as: Collection 805. T.M. Shortt Illustrations. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

1987:01. Gift of Terence Michael Shortt, 1983-1987.

Finding aid created by Mary Hammer, 2002.

Peck, Robert McCracken. "Terry Shortt: A Life's Journey Into Nature." International Wildlife July/Aug. 1987: 4-11.

Shortt, Terry. Not as the Crow Flies. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1975.

805A: Illustrated Field Sketchbooks

Shortt made some thirty collecting expeditions to every corner of the globe for specimens. On these trips he filled 28 sketchbooks ranging in date from 1925-1981. The bulk are from 1962-1976. The sketchbooks contain pencil drawings, watercolors, pen sketches, notes, and reproductions of Shortt's work. The notes interspersed with drawings include anecdotes, quotations, poetry, and bird observations. Reproductions can include photocopies, photographs, Polaroids, postcards, magazine or book prints of Shortt's drawings. The subjects represented in Shortt's drawings are birds, reptiles, rodents, other animals, landscapes, individual flowers, trees and shrubs, native people, friends and coworkers of Shortt. Animals other than birds, reptiles and rodents can include elephants, giraffe, zebra, deer, alligators, hippopotami, tiger, lions, water buffalo, wart hogs, and a variety of native animals.

Shortt cut up each sketchbook, removing the spiral metal binding, and trimmed the photocopies of his paintings that were included in most of the sketchbooks so they would fit. Many sketches were made on odds and ends (bristol board, charcoal board, scratch paper) that had been thrown out of various departments of the Royal Ontario Museum, which he would trim to fit into his sketchbooks.

Most of the sketches are assigned a name and location by Shortt, and some are dated. Few of the pencil sketches are signed, while most of the watercolors are signed. His pencil sketches often include notes on the various colors or anatomical features of the birds. Some sketches contain short to lengthy narration on the verso or recto.

Items that were originally with the sketchbooks but are too large to remain there without suffering damage are housed separately in box 6, and cataloged individually at the end of the sketchbooks.

1Florida & Southeast, [19]51, [19]62, [19]65. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

This sketchbook consist of drawings done during Shortt's visits to Florida. Shortt spent 6 weeks in February and March of 1962 in Florida, taking almost daily trips in the Everglades to collect material for an alligator exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum. He was given permission to go into the 7-Mile Road that was, at that time, closed to the public, to find samples for the exhibit. In 1951 and 1965 Shortt visited Florida briefly with his wife, Audrey, and the sketches done during this time contributes a smaller portion.

114 items include: Birds: 96 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Fruit: 4 watercolor on paper. Reptiles: 2 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Otter: 3 pencil on paper. Rodent: 1 pencil on paper. Landscape: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 5.

1 OSFlorida and southeast United States sketches, oversized.

Includes: Birds: 1 pencil on paper fig trees: 2 pencil on paper.

2 Southwest desert, western U.S.A., [1962]. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

158 items include: Birds: 99 pencil on paper, 8 watercolor on paper. Rodents: 10 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Landscape: 1 pencil on paper, 8 watercolor on paper. Cactus: 5 pencil on paper, 3 watercolor on paper. Animals: 7 pencil on paper. Reptiles: 1 pencil on paper, 5 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 1 watercolor on paper.

2 OSSoutheast desert sketches, oversized. 1962.

Includes: Grouse: 2 pen and ink on paper.

3 Eastern [North] America, [1926-1981]. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

198 items include: Birds: 96 pencil on paper, 8 pen and ink on paper, 8 watercolor on paper (3 cartoons), 2 etchings, 34 reproductions. Trees, leaves, and flowers: 9 watercolor on paper, 2 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper. Reptiles: 3 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 3 watercolor on paper. Landscape: 1 watercolor on paper. Rodents: 1 pencil on paper. Notes: 30.

4 Eastern North America, various dates. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

233 items include: Birds: 115 pencil on paper, 11 pen and ink on paper, 5 watercolor on paper (1 cartoon), 30 reproductions. Flowers, trees, and leaves: 4 pencil on paper, 6 watercolor on paper, 2 pen and ink on paper. Reptiles: 1 pencil on paper, 4 watercolor on paper. Rodents: 1 pencil on paper, 2 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 1 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 48.

3-4 OSEastern North America sketches, oversized. ca. 1926-1951.

Includes: Birds: 9 pencil on paper, 1 pencil on tissue paper, 1 pen and ink on paper, 5 reproductions. Animals: 2 pencil on paper.

5 [Galapagos Islands], 1965. 1 sketchbook ; 28 x 22 cm., 11 x 8.5 in.

Title devised from cover of sketchbook.

115 items include: Birds: 76 pencil on paper , 2 watercolor on paper (1 cartoon), 1 pen and ink on paper, 16 reproductions. Trees: 6 watercolor on paper. Insects: 2 watercolor on paper. Reptiles: 1 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 1 watercolor on paper, 1 pencil on paper. Notes: 10.

5 OSGalapagos sketches, oversized.

Includes: Birds: 2 pencil on paper.

Also includes:

5:46 OS Two of the volcanoes of Isla Isabella (Albemarle) from Punta Espinosa, Isla Fernandina (Narborough), 1965. 1 drawing : watercolor on paper ; image 14 x 27 cm., sheet 22 x 27 cm.

Below image, lower left includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Note the 'mare's tails' over their peaks."

5:39 OS Land iguana: Conolophus subcristata, Plaza I[sland], Galapagos. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 17 x 14 cm., sheet 28 x 22 cm.

Depicts the head of an iguana.

5:77 OS Turtle. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 17 x 17 cm., sheet 28 x 22 cm.

2 views: watercolor depicts the head and front legs of the turtle, pencil image depicts head and neck of the turtle.

5:121 OS Galapagos hawk: Buteo galapagoensis, Dark phase, Isla Santiago, Galapagos, 1965. 1 drawing : watercolor on paper ; irreg. image 20 x 17 cm. sheet 28 x 39 cm.

Signed.

Depicts the hawk just taking flight from a dead tree limb.

6 Mexico, [19]39, [19]46, [19]55, [19]62. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

278 items include: Birds: 195 pencil on paper, 4 watercolor on paper, 18 reproductions. Portraits: 19 watercolor on paper, 5 pencil on paper. Cactus, trees, and flowers: 12 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 1 pencil on paper, 5 watercolor on paper. Rodents: 3 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Lizard: 2 watercolor on paper. Notes: 9.

6 OSMexico sketches, oversized.

Includes: Birds: 2 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper, 1 reproduction.

7 Ecuador, Peru, Columbia [and] Panama. [1965]. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

158 items include: Birds: 121 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper, 3 reproductions. Plants: 4 pencil on paper, 3 watercolor on paper (orchids). Portraits: 6 watercolor on paper, 2 pencil on paper. Landscape: 4 watercolor on paper. Reptiles: 2 pencil on paper, 4 watercolor on paper. Praying mantis: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 7. 1 invitation to cocktails from the Charge d'Affaires of Canada and Mrs. S. C. H. Nutting.

8 Trinidad [and] Tobago, 1957. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

229 items include: Birds: 164 pencil on paper, 10 reproductions. Portraits: 4 pencil on paper, 6 watercolor on paper. Trees and flowers: 6 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper, 5 watercolor on paper. Reptiles: 2 pencil on paper, 7 watercolor on paper, 1 photocopy. Insects: 5 watercolor on paper. Rodents: 1 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 15.

8 OSTrinidad and Tobago sketches, oversized.

Includes: 3 pencil on paper, birds and leaves, 1 reproduction of bird painting.

8:1 OS Bark from the Puadu. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 28 x 24 cm. 8:2 OS Leaves of the branch to intrude from the right, with bromeliads. 1 drawing : tempera and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 20 x 24 cm.

Depicts the upper and under side of the leaves.

8:3 OS Bromeliad b., Mt. Aripo, Trinidad, 1957. 1 drawing : tempera and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 28 x 25 cm.

Depicts leaves as well as flower.

8:4 OS Heliconium bihai. 1 drawing : tempera and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 29 x 22 cm.

Depicts a young and mature leaf.

8:5 OS Arima. 1 drawing : tempera and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 29 x 21 cm.

Depicts stem, shoot and leaf.

8:6 OS Colour notes of tree for termite nest, Mt. Aripo, Trinidad. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; 30 x 15 cm. irreg. image

Depicts 2 tree trunks.

9 West Indies, undated. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

56 items include: Birds: 45 pencil on paper, 3 reproductions. Trees and plants: 3 pencil on paper. Portrait: 1 pencil on paper. Landscape: 1 pencil on paper. Notes: 3.

10 Canada sketches, undated. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

128 items include: Birds: 112 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper, 10 reproductions. Trees and plants: 3 watercolor on paper. Landscape: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes (observations, quotes): 2.

10 OSCanada sketches, oversized.

Includes: Birds: 1 pencil on paper.

Also includes:

10:1 OS Ross's gull: Rhodostethia rosea, high Arctic. 1 drawing : watercolor on paper ; irreg. image 48 x 24 cm.

Depicts 3 gulls flying over a beach, ocean in the background contains ice formations.

10:2 OS Ross's gull: Rhodostethia rosea, high Arctic. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 40 x 24 cm. sheet 48 x 24 cm.

Depicts 8 views of the gull: 4 flying, 1 standing, 3 head and breast only.

10:3 OS Astur atricapillus, Dezadeash Lake, Yukon, Aug. 4, 1944. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 18 x 17 cm., sheet 24 x 20 cm.

Depicts the head and breast of a female Northern goshawk.

11 Southeastern Alaska, 1936, 1976. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

129 items include: Birds: 47 pencil on paper, 37 reproductions. Landscape: 20 watercolor on paper, 1 color photograph of a painting by Shortt. Trees: 7 pencil on paper. Animals: 2 pencil on paper. Notes: 5.

11 [Lake Athabasca (Sask. and Alta.) and Great Slave Lake (N.W.T.)], 1945, 1959. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

Title devised from cover of sketchbook.

52 items include: Bird: 25 pencil on paper, 5 reproductions. Landscape: 7 watercolor on paper. Bison: 1 pencil on paper. Notes: 13.

11 OSAlaska sketches, oversized.

Includes:

11:1 OS Grizzly, Situk Lake, Alaska, August 12, [19]36. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 20 x 23 cm., sheet 21 x 28 cm.

Depicts head of a male grizzly.

11:2 OS Wolf, Dry Bay, Aug. 24, 1936. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 18 x 25 cm., sheet 22 x 29 cm.

Depicts head of a female wolf.

11:3 OS Cascades, Russell Fjord, Aug. 1936. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; 15 x 22 cm.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "This sketch has a spot or two of bacon grease near the top. Which no doubt enhances it immeasurably. A buoyant touch of human delicacy."

11:4 OS Camp at Eleanor Cove, May 1936. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; 15 x 22 cm.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Doug Deeks and TMS".

Depicts 2 tents (belonging to Deeks and Shortt) pitched near a lake, with forest behind.

11:5 OS The Optimist in Disenchantment Bay, May 1936. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; 15 x 22 cm.

Depicts a boat, The Optimist, in a bay with a large, snow covered mountain behind.

11:6 OS Hoary marmot: Marmota coligata, Malaspina Glacier, Yakutat Bay, Alaska, July 1936. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 10 x 13 cm., sheet 15 x 22 cm.

Depicts head of a male marmot.

11:7 OS From the north shore of Osier I[sland], May [19]36. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; 15 x 22 cm.

Depicts snow covered shore.

12 [Nascopie Steamship expedition to the high Arctic, 1938]. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

153 items include: Birds: 56 pencil on paper, 22 reproductions. Portraits: 10 pencil on paper, 20 watercolor on paper. Landscape: 1 pencil on paper, 16 watercolor on paper. Animals: 6 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Kayaks and sleds: 1 pencil on paper, 3 watercolor on paper. Notes: 15. Maps (not by Shortt): 2.

13 [James Bay, Nunavut], 1939, 1940, 1942, 1948. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

Includes images from Moosonee, Moose Factory, Hannah Bay, Fort Albany, and Cape Henrietta Maria.

Title devised from cover of sketchbook.

166 items include: Birds: 94 pencil on paper, 18 reproductions, 4 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 14 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 10 watercolor on paper. Dwellings: 6 watercolor on paper. Trees and flowers: 2 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Dog: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 18.

14 Prairie provinces, [1925-1975]. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

281 items include: Birds: 184 pencil on paper, 2 pen and ink on paper, 2 watercolor on paper (1 cartoon), 54 reproductions. Landscapes: 1 pencil on paper, 15 watercolor on paper. Dwellings: 1 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 1 watercolor on paper. Rodents: 1 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Trees: 1 pencil on paper. Notes: 18.

14 OSPrairie province sketches, oversized. 1927-1929.

Includes: Birds: 5 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper.

Also includes:

14:1 OS Typical adult borealis, type found nesting Wpg. district ; two birds of this zoning seen March 29, 1929, Headingly Man ; Very dark bird seen Deer Lodge, April 18, 1929. 1 drawing : watercolor, pen and ink on paper ; irreg. image 25 x 18 cm.

Depicts 2 views of 3 birds: one view showing full body and wingspan from underneath, the other showing only tail feathers.

14:2 OS Peculiar specimen with white head and dark body, Fort Rouge, Apl. 4, 1930 ; immature western redtail, Carman, Aug. 12, 1929 ; an otherwise typical bird with a whitish tail, Ft. Rouge, April 4, 1930. 1 drawing : watercolor, pen and ink on paper ; irreg. image 25 x 18 cm. 14:3 OS Redtail ; Black calurus. 1 drawing : watercolor, pen and ink on paper ; irreg. image 25 x 18 cm.

Image includes penned note in Shortt's hand. Below first image: "Of 346 redtails examined wpg, spring migration 1930, 68 or about 20 % were of this wing zoning". Below second image "8 birds of similar zoning were seen during the 1930 flight. / Black 'calurus' seen Fort Roughe April 10, 1930, splendid view obtained." Below third image: "Immature seen at very close range at St. Charles. Aug. 10, 1930. Had very much white on scapulars & interscapulars. Alula, white. Feet distinctly greenish."

Also includes details of the tail feathers for the second and third item.

15 Yukon, 1944. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

170 items include: Birds: 116 pencil on paper, 14 reproductions. Landscapes: 11 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 1 pencil on paper, 2 watercolor on paper. Trees: 2 pencil on paper. Sheep: 1 pencil on paper. Rodents: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 22.

15 OSYukon sketches, oversized.

Includes: Birds: 3 pen and ink on paper. Menu from the Arrade Cafe in Dawson City, signed in black pen by Kathleen Eloisa Rockwell: "Mush on and smile. Klondike Kate".

16 Cape Henrietta Maria, 1948. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

114 items include: Birds: 93 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 8 watercolor on paper. Polar bear: 1 watercolor on paper, 1 pencil on paper. Portraits: 2 watercolor on paper (Jimmy Peace and his wife). Trees: 1 pencil on paper. Notes: 5.

17 Pacific coast, British Columbia, undated. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

39 items include: Birds: 32 pencil on paper, 3 watercolor on paper. Animals: 2 pencil on paper. Notes: 2.

18a India, 1963. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

190 items include: Birds: 105 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper, 6 reproductions. Portraits: 17 watercolor on paper, 4 pencil on paper. Animals: 15 pencil on paper, 1 pen on paper. Snakes: 6 watercolor on paper, 1 pencil on paper. Landscape: 4 watercolor on paper, 1 pencil on paper. Flowers, leaves: 2 watercolor on paper, 1 tempera on paper. Rodents: 2 pencil on paper. Notes: 17.

18b India, 1963. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

208 items include: Birds: 133 pencil on paper, 2 pen and ink on paper. Portraits: 4 pencil on paper, 25 watercolor on paper. Animals: 22 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Reptiles: 1 pencil on paper, 2 watercolor on paper. Landscape: 2 watercolor on paper. Trees: 1 watercolor on paper. Newspaper article: 1. Notes: 10.

18c India, 1963. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

180 items include: Birds: 83 pencil on paper, 2 watercolor on paper, 6 pen and ink on paper, 14 reproductions. Portraits: 31 watercolor on paper, 6 pencil on paper. Large animals: 17 pencil on paper (includes portraits of June Hands and Roger Hands). Trees, fruit, and flowers: 5 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 1 watercolor on paper, 1 pencil on paper. Reptiles: 1 watercolor on paper, 2 pencil on paper. Rodents: 2 pencil on paper. Notes: 9.

18d India, 1963. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

75 items include: Birds: 66 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper. Portraits: 2 pencil on paper. Reptiles: 2 watercolor on paper. Monkeys: 1 pencil on paper. Notes: 3.

18 OSIndia sketches, oversized.

Includes: Birds: 2 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper, 7 reproductions. Leaves: 1 pencil on paper.

Also includes:

18:1 Himalayan Impeyan pheasant: Lophophorus impeyanus, Bengal State, India, Dec. 1963. 1 painting : watercolor on illustration board; irreg. image 36 x 32 cm.

Depicts 2 full body images of the pheasant, one view of the head and breast, and 3 views of the pheasant in flight.

Signed.

18:2 Impeyan pheasants. 1 drawing : watercolor on paper ; irreg. image 26 x 19 cm.

Depicts 4 pheasants in flight.

18:3 Calotes versicolor: bloodsucker, Oct. 11, 1963. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 13 x 17 cm.

Below image, lower middle includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Injipara Tea Estate, near Valparai, Madras, India. Many in the shola, didn't see one assuming red colorations (wrong season?) Place on Tectona or messua trunk."

Depicts 2 views: full body of the bloodsucker, and a detail of the head and front legs of the bloodsucker.

19 Burma, 1963. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

22 items include: Birds: 18 pencil on paper, 1 reproduction. Portraits: 2 watercolor on paper. Notes: 1.

19 OSBurma sketches, 1963, oversized.

Includes: Birds: 1 pencil on paper.

20 New Territories: Kowloon, Hong Kong Colony, 1963. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

70 items include: Birds: 41 pencil on paper. Portraits: 16 watercolor on paper, 5 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper. Leaves: 1 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 5.

21 Thailand sketches, 1963. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

44 items include: Birds: 23 pencil on paper. Portraits: 1 pencil on paper, 9 watercolor on paper. Flowers: 2 watercolor on paper. Snake: 1 watercolor on paper. Water buffalo: 1 pencil on paper. Notes: 5.

22 Japan, 1963. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

81 items include: Birds: 59 pencil on paper. Portraits: 11 watercolor on paper, 2 pencil on paper. Landscape: 1 watercolor on paper. Trees: 1 watercolor on paper. Deer: 1 pencil on paper. Notes: 6.

22a Thailand sketches, 1963. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

58 items include: Birds: 37 pencil on paper, 1 reproduction. Flowers, fruit: 4 watercolor on paper, 2 pencil on paper. Insects: 2 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 1 watercolor on paper, 1 pencil on paper. Reptiles: 2 watercolor on paper. Notes: 5.

23 England, 1963, 1968, 1976, 1977. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

177 items include: Birds: 158 pencil on paper, 3 watercolor on paper, 1 reproduction. Rodents: 3 pencil on paper. Portraits: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 15.

24 South Africa, 1977. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

213 items include: Birds: 153 pencil on paper, 2 watercolor on paper, 1 reproduction. Large animals: 27 pencil on paper. Flowers and trees: 10 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 4 pencil on paper. Landscape: 3 watercolor on paper. Rodents: 2 pencil on paper. Snake: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 13.

24 OSSouth Africa sketches, oversized.

Includes:

24:1 OS Girdle-tail: Cordylus cordylus, Mala-mala G.R. Eastern Transmal, R.S.A, Dec. 1977. 1 drawing : watercolor on board; irreg. image 14 x 25 cm.

Below image, lower middle includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "(OR possibly C. giganteus)".

Depicts a full body view of the girdle-tail, as well as a detail of the head.

25 Africa, 1968, 1976. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

242 items include: Birds: 169 pencil on paper, 2 pen and ink on paper, 15 reproductions. Large animals: 29 pencil on paper. Portraits: 4 watercolor on paper (includes a portrait of Robert Glen). Landscape: 1 pen and ink on paper, 1 pencil on paper, 4 watercolor on paper. Notes: 14.

25 OSAfrica sketches, oversized.

Includes: Birds: 7 pencil on paper, 2 pen and ink on paper, 3 reproductions, 1 note. Lanscape: 1 pencil on paper.

Also includes:

25:1 OS Ostrich: Struthis camelis massaicus, Nairobi Natl. Park, Aug. 1968. 1 drawing : watercolor on paper ; irreg. image 45 x 25 cm.

Image includes penned note in Shortt's hand: "Injured bird, 'animal hospital'".

Depicts a detail of the ostrich's head, as well as 5 smaller views of the ostrich running.

25:2 OS Schalow's turaco: Tauraco schalowi, Lake Manyara, Tanzania, Aug. 1968. 1 drawing : watercolor on paper ; irreg. image 20 x 12 cm.

Below image, lower left includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Marungu Lourie of Jackson".

Depicts a detail of the turaco's head and breast, as well as a smaller view a turaco perching on a limb.

26a East Africa, 1968, 1976. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

234 items include: Birds: 172 pencil on paper, 3 watercolor on paper, 4 reproductions. Rodents: 1 watercolor on paper. Large animals: 32 pencil on paper. Portraits: 4 watercolor on paper (includes a portrait of Daphne Ball). Landscapes: 4 watercolor on paper. Trees: 3 watercolor on paper. 1 photograph of a diorama. 1 map, not by Shortt. Notes: 9.

26b East Africa, 1968. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

241 items include: Birds: 148 pencil on paper, 2 watercolor on paper, 28 reproductions. Large animals: 29 pencil on paper, 2 watercolor on paper. Landscape: 8 watercolor on paper. Trees: 4 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 3 watercolor on paper, 2 pen and ink on paper. Reptiles: 2 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Rodents; 2 pencil on paper. Notes: 10.

26 OSEast Africa, oversized.

Includes:

26:1 OS Sketch for Lammergeier, Hell's Gate, July 1968. 1 painting : watercolor on paper ; 40 x 28 cm. 27 Uganda, 1968. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

299 items include: Birds: 154 pencil on paper, 7 pen and ink on paper, 1 watercolor on paper, 26 reproductions. Animals: 41 pencil on paper, 2 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 11 pen and ink on paper, 6 watercolor on paper (includes John George Williams and Don Baggaley). Trees and flowers: 4 pencil on paper, 7 watercolor on paper. Reptiles: 6 pencil on paper, 7 watercolor on paper. Rodents: 3 pencil on paper, 2 watercolor on paper. Insects: 5 watercolor on paper. Landscapes: 1 pencil on paper, 3 watercolor on paper. Notes: 13.

27 OSUganda sketches, oversized.

Includes: Birds: 5 pen and ink on yellow paper, 1 pencil on paper

Also includes:

27:1 OS A forest pond, Budongo Forest, Western Uganda, June 1968. 1 painting : watercolor on illustration board; 23 x 16 cm.

Verso includes penned note in Shortt's hand: "This is where we captured the little black bat with two white stripes on the back. John Williams christened it the 'colobus bat' but I propounded that since it was caught by a Candadian-financed expedition, in a Canadian mist net and with Canadian labour that it should be named the 'Mephitis bat'. / Surface covered by pondweeds. The figure of John Williams - left of center gives scale."

27:2 OS Hippos wallowing in mud, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, Aug. [19]68. 1 painting : watercolor on illustration board; 16 x 23 cm. 28a Madagascar, 1976. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

183 items include: Birds: 145 pencil on paper, 1 pen and ink on paper, 1 watercolor on paper, 1 reproduction. Animals: 5 pencil on paper. Trees, flowers: 5 pencil on paper, 15 watercolor on paper. Reptiles: 3 watercolor on paper. Portraits: 1 pencil on paper, 1 watercolor on paper. Landscape: 1 watercolor on paper (includes Dr. R.D. Etchecopar). Rodent: 1 watercolor on paper. Notes: 3.

28b Madagascar, 1976. 1 sketchbook ; 22 x 14 cm., 8.5 x 5.5 in.

44 items include: Birds: 44 watercolor on paper. All are signed and most are dated.

28 OSMadagascar sketches, oversized. 1976.

Includes: Birds: 3 pencil on paper.

Also includes:

28:1 OS Giant coua: Coua gigas. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image

Depicts side view of the coua, standing with beak open.

Signed.

28:2 OS Travellers' tree: Ravenala madagascariensis. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on heavy paper ; irreg. image 22 x 15 cm. 28:3 OS Seychelles magpie robin: Copsychus sechellarum, Frigate, Seychelles, Oct. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 15 x 23 cm.

Below image, lower middle includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Having all black rectrices C. sechellarum does not fan tail when flitting through undergrowth. C. saularis of India with white outer tail feathers flashes them like a junco."

Depicts 5 side views robins standing, and 1 side view of the robin perched on a branch.

28:4 OS Seycheslles black paradise flycatcher: Terpsiphone corvina, La Digue, Seychelles, Oct. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on illustration board; irreg. image 15 x 23 cm.

Depicts 3 views of the flycatcher in flight, chasing an insect, 1 view of its threat display, and 2 views perched on a branch.

28:5 OS Long-tailed ground-roller: Uratelornis chimaera, Tulear, Malaguay Rep., Dec. 1977. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 15 x 25 cm.

Depicts side view of the ground-roller walking.

Signed.

28:6 OS Baobab: Adansonia grandidieri, Tulear, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 28 x 20 cm.

Below image, lower middle includes penned note in Shortt's hand: "Caution: This paper contains GlassFibres and may irritate skin".

Signed in pencil.

28:7 OS Ward's flycatcher: Pseudobias wardi, Perinet, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 10 x 6 cm.

Depicts side view of the flycatcher, perched on a branch.

Signed.

28:8 OS Common newtonia: Newtonia brunneicauda. 1 drawing : watercolor, pen and ink on heavy paper ; irreg. image 11 x 9 cm.

Depicts 2 side views of the newtonia perched on a branch, one in watercolor and the other in pen and ink.

Signed.

28:9 OS Malagasy scops owl: Otus rutilus, Perinet, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 6 x 8 cm.

Depicts side view of the owl's head.

Signed.

28:10 OS Grey-headed lovebird: Agapornis cana, Tulear Madagascar, Nov. [19]76. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 15 x 11 cm.

Depicts 7 lovebirds in flight, and a side view of the lovebird perched on a branch.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "species endemic to Madagascar".

Signed.

28:11 Crested drongo: Dicrurus forficatus, Ankarafantsika, Madagascar, Dec. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 16 x 9 cm.

Depicts side view of the drongo perched on a branch.

Signed.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Endemic Madagascar species".

28:12 OS Stonechat: Saxicola torquata sibilla, Perinet, Nov. [19]76. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 12 x 10 cm.

Depicts side view of the stonechat, perched on a branch.

Signed.

28:13 OS Madagascar jacana: Actophilornis albinucha, Nov. [19]76. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 13 x 14 cm.

Depicts a side view of the jacana, standing.

Signed.

28:14 OS Common jery: Neomixix tenella, Tulear, Madagascar, Nov. 26, 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 7 x 8 cm.

Depicts a frontal view of the jery, perched on a branch.

Signed.

28:15 OS Forest rock thrush: Monticola sharpei, Perinet, Nov. [19]76. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 13 x 12 cm.

Depicts a side view of the thrush, perched on a rock.

Signed.

28:16 OS Foditany: Oxylabes madagascariensis, Perinet, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 9 x 8 cm.

Depicts a frontal view of the foditany, perched on a branch.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "genus & species endemic to Madagascar".

Signed.

28:17 OS Blue-headed or Pitta-like ground-roller ; Crossley's ground-roller ; Scaled ground-roller. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 27 x 36.

Depicts side views of the three birds, standing. Each bird has been cut out and pasted on to one large piece of card stock.

Signed.

28:18 OS Velvet asity: Philepitta castanea, Humid Eastern Forest, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 18 x 17 cm.

Depicts a side view of the adult male asity, perched on a branch, as well as a side view of an immature male asity, perched on a branch.

Signed.

28:19 OS Palmnut vulture: Gyphohierax angolensis, Blue Nile, Murcheson Falls, Uganda, June 1968. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 24 x 17 cm.

Depicts a side view of the vulture perched on a branch, as well as 2 smaller views of vulture in flight.

Signed.

28:20 OS Southwestern vanga: Xenopirostris xenopirostris, Tulear, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor and wash on heavy paper ; irreg. image 13 x 21 cm.

Depicts a side view of the vanga perched on a branch, as well as a frontal view of the head.

Signed.

28:21 Madgascar pratincole: Glareola ocularis, Perinet, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 18 x 14 cm.

Depicts a side view of the pratincole, standing, as well as 2 smaller views of pratincole in flight.

Signed.

28:22 OS Sooty falcon: Falco concolor, Ankarafantsika Forest Reserve, Madagascar, Dec. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 20 x 13 cm.

Depicts a side view of the falcon's head, as well as 2 smaller views of falcon in flight.

Below image, lower right includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "central tail feathers project beyond others."

Signed.

28:23 OS Banded kestrel: Falco zoniventris, Perinet, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 14 x 16 cm.

Depicts a side view of a kestrel perched on a branch.

Signed.

28:24 OS Malagasy coucal: Centropus toulou. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 14 x 22 cm.

Depicts side view of a coucal, standing.

Signed.

28:25 OS Malagasy nightjar: Caprimulgus madagascariensis. 1 drawing : watercolor, pen and ink on paper ; irreg. image 20 x 29 cm.

Depicts 3 side views of the nightjar nesting (1 color, 2 brown pen and ink), as well as 3 smaller views of nightjar in flight.

Signed.

28:26 OS Bensch's mesites: Monias benschi, Tulear, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on heavy paper ; irreg. image 14 x 27 cm.

Depicts side views of a male and female mesite.

Below image, lower middle includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Mesitornithidae - family found only in Madagascar / Male (rear) and female (in front) / From a collection of 105 Madagascar birds".

Signed.

28:27 OS Madagascar partridge: Margaroperdix madagascariensis. 1 drawing : watercolor on illustration board; irreg. image 26 x 20 cm.

Depicts a side view of a partridge standing, as well as a 2 smaller views of partridge in flight.

Signed.

28:28 OS Sketch for Painted stork. 1 drawing : watercolor on illustration board; irreg. image 31 x 33 cm.

Depicts 8 stork perched on branches of a tree, as well as 2 stork in flight.

28:29 OS Madagascar paradise flycatcher: Terpsiphone mutata, Tulear, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor on paper ; irreg. image 30 x 16 cm.

Depicts a side view of a male flycatcher in rufous phase, perched on a branch, as well as a frontal view of a male flycatcher in white phase, in flight.

Matted.

28:30 OS Sketch for painting for International Wildlife, Tulear Madagascar, 1978. 1 painting : watercolor on heavy paper ; 42 x 33 cm.

Depicts a large cactus and a small bird in the foreground, a Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) tree and bird in flight in the background. Surrounded by brush.

28:31 OS [Tulear, Madagascar]. 1 painting : watercolor on paper ; 51 x 38 cm.

Depicts a large cactus and 2 small birds in the foreground, and 2 large Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) and a bird in flight in the background. Surrounded by brush.

Signed.

28:32 OS Island flufftail: Sarothrura insularis, Moramanga, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor and wash on paper ; irreg. image 19 x 20 cm.

Depicts 3 side views of the flufftail, walking.

Signed.

28:33 OS Humblot's heron: Ardea humbloti, Tulear, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on heavy paper ; irreg. image 27 x 21 cm.

Depicts a side view of a heron standing in water, as well as a smaller view of a heron in flight.

28:34 OS Blue vanga: Cyanolanius madagascarinus, Tulear, S.W. Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on heavy paper ; irreg. image 13 x 17 cm.

Depicts a rear view of the vanga, perched on a branch, as well as a detail of the head.

Signed.

28:35 OS Madagascar squacco heron: Ardesla idae. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on heavy paper ; irreg. image 21 x 15 cm.

Depicts a rear view of the heron, standing, as well as a smaller rear view of the heron, perched on a branch.

Signed.

28:36 OS Cave swiftlet: Collocalia francica elaphra, La Digue, Seychelles. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on heavy paper ; irreg. image 17 x 17 cm.

Below image, lower right includes penned note in Shortt's hand: "above: a 'screaming party'; In this species more of a 'twittering party'". Lower middle, in pencil: "Some members of genus known as 'edible-nest Swiftlets' Collocalia: GR. kolla = glue; kalia = a dwelling, a bird's nest, = 'bird's nest soup'!"

Depicts a swiftlet in flight, diving downwards. Above, background includes many small views of birds in flight.

28:37 OS Bare-eyed vanga: Leptopterus chabert, Zombitsy, Tulear, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor, pen and ink on heavy paper ; irreg. image 22 x 14 cm.

Depicts a color, frontal view of the vanga, perched on a branch. Below image includes pen and ink drawings of 2 vangas in fight, a vanga perched on a branch, and a detail of the vanga's toes clutching a branch.

Image includes penned notes in Shortt's hand: "In flight: somewhat 'woodpeckery' - gently undulating / Holds toes as in Helmet Shrikes (two together)".

Signed.

28:38 OS Hook-billed vanga: Vanga crvirostris. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper ; irreg. image 15 x 23 cm.

Depicts a side view of the vanga, perched on a limb.

Signed.

28:39 OS Madagascar sandgrouse: Pterocles personatus. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on illustration board; irreg. image 17 x 24 cm.

Depicts a side view of the sandgrouse, standing, as well as smaller views of the sandgrouse in flight.

Signed.

28:40 OS Long-tailed ground roller: Uratelornis chimaera, Tulear, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor, pen and ink on paper ; irreg. image 22 x 27 cm.

Depicts a color side view of the ground roller, standing. Also depicts 4 smaller views in brown pen and ink of the ground roller standing and running.

Signed.

28:41 OS Cuckoo roller: Leptosomus discolor, Majunga, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on heavy paper ; irreg. image 14 x 20 cm.

Depicts a side view of the cuckoo roller perched on a branch.

Signed.

28:42 OS Red-capped coua: Coua ruficeps olivaceiceps, Tulear, Madagascar, Nov. 1976. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on heavy paper ; irreg. image 20 x 28 cm.

Depicts a side view of the coua perched on a branch.

Signed.

28:43 OS Cuvier's rail: Dryolimnas cuvieri. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on heavy paper ; irreg. image 21 x 16 cm.

Depicts a side view of the rail standing in water, stepping up onto a moss covered log.

Signed.

805B: Paintings and Drawings

 1:1[Blue goose and lesser snow goose, Rosser, Manitoba, April 1925]. 1 painting : watercolor on heavy paper; 19 x 25 cm.

Title created from note on verso.

Depicts 2 geese in the foreground near a lake, with many geese flying or grounded in the sunset of the background.

Signed lower left corner: "T. Shortt".

1:2The robin moth, June 29, [19]26. 1 drawing : watercolor and wash on paper; 23 x 18 cm.

Depicts a detail of a moth in front of a tree.

Signed lower left corner: "T. Shortt".

1:3Chestnut-sided warbler, Deer Lodge, May 1928. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper; image 13 x 12 cm.

Depicts a side view of the warbler, perched on a branch with a background of stems and leaves.

1:4[American sparrow hawk, August 10, 1929]. 1 painting : watercolor on stiff paper; 22 x 17 cm.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "American sparrow hawk, Cerchneis s. sparvarius - female / mutant variety, August 10, 1929, Deer Lodge, Wpg. Men. T.M. Shortt".

Title created from note on verso.

Signed.

1:5Baird's sparrow: Ammodramus bairdi, June 1929. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper; image 22 x 17 cm.

Depicts sparrow with open beak, perched on a stem.

1:6Northern shrike, 1929. 1 drawing : pencil on paper; irreg. image 14 x 21 cm.

Below image, lower right includes penned note in Shortt's hand: "The Northern Shrike has a habit of Pumping its tail up and down when excited or curious. He is also an accomplished singer, which is surprising in a bird with such raptorial habits."

Signed lower right in pencil: "T. Shortt 1929".

Depicts 2 shrike, perched on branches, one frontal and one side view.

1:7Prairie falcon, 1929. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper; 12 x 13 cm.

Signed on verso in pencil: "T.M.S."

Depicts a side view of the falcon in flight.

1:8[Wren], 1929. 1 drawing : pencil on paper; 24 x 19 cm.

Depicts 5 wren along with Shortt's pencilled notes: "House Wren / male singing / House wren in defense of home / Long-billed marsh-wren near finish of flight song."

Signed lower right in pencil: "TMS 1929".

1:9Harris sparrow, Deer Lodge, Sep. 1929. 1 drawing : pencil on paper; irreg. image 20 x 26 cm.

Paper was folded into fourths with images of the head and breast of the sparrow in each quarter, along with a smaller view of the full body.

Verso includes a pen and ink drawing of the sparrow, singing and perched on a branch.

 1:10[Wing and feathers of a sparrowhawk]. 1929. 1 drawing : watercolor, pen and ink on paper; irreg. image 18 x 15 cm.

Depicts a wing and 2 feathers of the sparrowhawk.

Image includes penned notes in Shortt's hand, below the wing: "Primaries (reduced)". Left of the tail feather: "Uppertail covert (not size)." Right of a feather: "Secondary (not size)".

Signed.

Includes a note made on August 10, 1929 regarding collection of the sparrowhawk.

1:11Snow bunting: Plectrophenax n. nivalis, Mount Dennis, York Co., Ont., Jan. 15, 1931. 1 drawing : watercolor on paper; irreg. image 11 x 6 cm.

Depicts detail of the head and toes of a male bunting.

Below image, lower right includes penned note in Shortt's hand: "Coll. C.E. Hope.

Signed.

1:12[Side view of a turkey on a branch], 1932. 1 drawing : pen and ink on board; image 21 x 23 cm.

Signed.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "For Jim Baillie's weekly column in The Toronto Telegram 'In Birdland'."

1:13Eskimo curlew, c. 1932. 1 drawing : pen and ink on paper; irreg. image 9 x 10 cm.

Signed.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "A sketch for Jim Baillie's column in The Toronto Telegram 'In Birdland'".

1:14Song flight of the golden winged warbler as observed at Vivian, Manitoba, July 1932. 1 painting : watercolor on illustration board; 30 x 25 cm.

Signed.

Verso includes penned note in Shortt's hand: "Song not unlike that of Clay-coloured Sparrow."

1:15Shooting stars (Dodecatheon) on hillside near Mount Pinta, Yakutat, Alaska, July 1936. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper; 18 x 23 cm.

Signed.

1:16Mt. St. Elias from Yakutat Bay, Alaska, June 1936. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper; 18 x 24 cm.

Signed.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand "Sitka spruce on the islets."

1:17Mt. St. Elias, Alaska, 1936. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper; 24 x 18 cm.

Signed.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "In the foreground a tlingit hogan, with stretchers for sealskins. / The 'alpen glue[?]'.

1:18Franklin Gr[oun]d Squirrel, 1937. 1 drawing : pen and ink on paper; irreg. image 8 x 11 cm.

Depicts a side view of the squirrel amongst leaves in the foreground with trees in the background.

1:19Groundhog, 1938. 1 drawing : pen and ink on paper; irreg. image 9 x 13 cm.

Depicts a side view of the groundhog.

Signed.

1:20Thirteen-striped spermophile, 1937. 1 drawing : pen and ink on paper; irreg. image 10 x 10 cm.

Depicts a side view of the spermophile upright on its hind legs in a field.

1:21Sorex cinereus, 1938. 1 drawing : pen and ink on paper; image 13 x 11 cm. image

Depicts a side view of the shrew scurrying amongst leaves.

Signed.

1:22Pangnirtung fiord, Sept. 10, 1938. 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper; 16 x 20 cm. 1:23Whistler landing off Bylot I[sland], [19]38. 1 drawing : pencil on paper; irreg. image 5 x 15 cm. 1:24In the high woods, 1968. 1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 8 in.

Photograph of a painting by Shortt.

Verso includes penciled note in Shortt's hand: "Ornate Eagle-hawk & Monstera, Mt. Aripo Trinidad / Owned by Dr. Randolph Peterson / Curator, Dep. of Mammology, ROM."

1:25Goliath herons in nest, Lake Nawisha, Kenya, [1968]. 1 drawing : pencil on paper; irreg. image 10 x 19 cm.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Photo'd for Frank Gill 1985".

1:26Von der Decken's hornbill: Tockus deckeni, Magadi, Kenya, Aug. 1968. 1 photograph : color; 10 x 8 in.

Photograph of a drawing by Shortt.

1:27Goshawk, Feb. 9, 1984. 1 drawing : pencil on paper; irreg. image 12 x 19 cm.

Depicts 8 goshawk from various angles in flight.

1:28House finch: Corpodacus mexicanus, garden at 127 Gencairn, Feb. 6, [19]84. 1 drawing : pencil on paper; irreg. image 14 x 14 cm.

Depicts 7 views of male and female finch from various angles.

Below image, lower middle includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "-18 [degrees] C."

2Drawings of bird anatomy and features. 52 drawings : pen and ink on paper; image and text 22 x 22 cm.

Includes details of skeletal structures, wingspans, webbed feet, toes, talons, claws, bills, beaks, and heads.

3:1)[2 birds in a marsh]. 1 painting: watercolor on heavy paper; 36 x 28 cm. 3:2)Heliconium bihai. 1 drawing : pencil on paper; irreg. image 22 x 23 cm. 3:3)Typical growth of Balisier. 3:4Silhouette forms, Aripo. 1 drawing: pencil on paper; 35 x 26 cm. 4Queensland frilled lizard: Chlamydosaurus kingi, captive specimen, 1956. 1 drawing : watercolor on paper; irreg. image 18 x 24 cm. 5:1a-dCartoons. 3 drawings : watercolor on paper; largest 20 x 30 cm. 1 drawing : pen and ink on paper; 12 x 20 cm. 5:2a-jChristmas cards and cartoons. 10 drawings: watercolor on paper; smallest 13 x 6 cm., largest 35 x 29 cm.

The Christmas cartoons were drawn for International Wildlife. Some appeared in the November/December 1979 issue under the title 'Tis the season to be jolly.

5:3a-cLetters from Harry W. Hann regarding An Introduction to Ornithology, 1945-1946. 5:3d[Plocid and Icterid]. 1 drawing : pen and ink on paper; 23 x 29 cm.

In 1946-1947 Shortt made a series of illustrations for a revised edition of An Introduction to Ornithology. He completed about 2 dozen plates, then the project was abandoned by Hann. The fate of the 2 dozen plates is unknown, except for this unfinished plate which was still in Shortt's possession when the project was abandoned.

5:4a-bViews of birds, 1978. 2 drawings : pen and ink on card stock; irreg. image 26 x 22 cm.

For National Wildlife, November/December 1978.

5:5[Great Auk cartoon], [1947?] 1 drawing: pen and ink on illustration board; image and text 21 x 35 cm.

Depicts a Great Auk in a bowler hat holding a suitcase marked "Toronto 1947", walking ahead of a tufted puffin. The tufted puffin says "PTTUI".

Verso includes a penned note in Shortt's hand explaining that this cartoon was one of about a dozen cartoons which he made and posted in various places in the Royal Ontario Museum for the 1947 American Ornithologists' Union meeting. This was the only cartoon that survived.

5:6a-b[Young kangaroo], ca. 1933. 2 drawings: watercolor on board; 27 x 19 cm.

Verso includes a pencilled note in Shortt's hand explaining that the sketches were made for the Department of Anatomy at University of Texas.

6:1-35Cartoons from portfolio, 30 drawings : watercolor on paper; image and text 13 x 21 cm. 1 drawing : pen and ink on paper; image and text 10 x 15 cm. 1 color reproduction.

Includes: Redfaced warblerWhiskered aukletCraneGranny knot Scrub jayThe egg-beeeaterLil' orphan AniPleated woodpeckerRound robinPufted tuffinThe natural enemy of the leaf-bird is the foliage-gleanerHot-cha-cha-lacaNightjarToo-late phalaropeGlossy stare"That stuff's not fit to eat. . . Let's go on out to the dump."Booted eagleDovecoteBooted eagleDollar bird"I just had it washed and I can't do a thing with it.""Now, once more, with feeling."OvenbirdTambourine doveSage henEve swallowThe pterribly ptalkative ptarmiganFiscal shrikeEiderdownGreen heronTriple hwameiLarge ground finch. . .CobwebsThe smew is the hybrid offspring of the smell and the phewPainted snipe

7Commercial illustrations. 31 reproductions.

Includes magazine ads and Christmas cards commissioned by McKim Advertising Limited for Carling Breweries Limited,illustrations for The Wilson bulletin, and an illustration for Reader's Digest.

Also includes a DMAA 1951 Best of Industry Direct Mail Award for the campaign done by Shortt for Carling Breweries Ltd., as well as a letter from McKim Advertising Limited regarding a cancellation.

Oil Paintings Oversized. 8Sunlit foreshore: Collared crows, Hong Kong, undated. 1 painting : oil on illustration board; 41 x 51 cm.

Depicts 2 crows on the foreshore, with shrubbery in the background. The crow in the foreground is eating an insect, while the crow in the middle ground watches.

Oversized. 9Lebensraum: Lammergeier and Kanchenjunga, Darjeeling, Bengal, India, undated. 1 painting : oil on illustration board; 80 x 51 cm.

Depicts the vulture in flight over the Kanchenjunga mountain range.

Signed.

Oversized. 10[Long-crested eagle: Lophaetus occipitalis], undated. 1 painting: oil on illustration board; 75 x 51 cm.

Depicts the bird from behind, perched on a leafy branch.

805D: Photographs and Slides 1 [Shortt] sketching, west of Winnipeg, 1930. 1 photograph : b&w; 8 x 10 in.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Irish setter is my dog 'Mona'".

2 [Shortt], Toronto, 1933. 1 photograph : b&w; 5 x 4 in.

Image of Shortt in a coat and hat, leaning against a bridge railing.

Photograph taken by Audrey Bell Shortt.

3 [Shortt and J.F. Stanwell-Fletcher, west side of Yakutat Bay, Alaska, 1936]. 1 photograph : b&w; 5 x 4 in.

Photograph taken by Douglas B. Deeks.

Title created from note on verso.

3a The Alaska Expedition of 1936. 1 photograph : b&w; 5.5 x 8.5 in.

Left to right, includes: J. F. Stanwell Fletcher, Terence Shortt, Douglas B. Deeks, Buddy Roos.

4 [Shortt], Ingolf, Ontario, June 1937. 1 photograph : b&w; 5 x 4 in.

Image of Shortt in field clothes, with binoculars, leaning against a rock face.

Photograph taken by B.W. Cartwright.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Kenora District near the Manitoba border."

5 Audrey Bell, Leaside, August 1937. 1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 8 in.

Image of Audrey standing under a tree, her sun hat at her feet.

5a A[udrey] B[ell] in the desert out of Douglas, Arizona, Aug. 1939. 1 photograph : color; 5 x 7 in.

This photograph was probably taken on Shortt and Audrey Bell's honeymoon.

5b [Audrey Bell and Terence Shortt in the desert of the Western United States, 1939?] 1 photograph : color; 5 x 7 in.

Title given by cataloger.

6 [Shortt] sketching hen pintail, Cockispenny Point, James Bay, 5 June 1942. 1 photograph : b&w; 5 x 4 in.

Photograph taken by F.A. Urquaort[?].

7 Audrey Bell Shortt, High Park, Toronto, ca. 1947. 1 photograph : color; 8 x 10 in.

Image of Audrey seated on a park bench.

8 [Shortt with] Queensland frilled lizard, ca. 1958. 1 photograph : color; 5 x 7 in.

Photograph taken by Lee Warren.

See also item (26).

9 Terence Shortt, [195-?] 1 photograph : b&w; 7 x 5 in. 10 [Shortt and a] friendly burro, Aug. 1962. 1 photograph : b&w; 8 x 10 in. 11 [Shortt] collecting a fern for Indian Monsoon Forest diorama, Injipara, Anamallais, Oct. 1963. 1 photograph : b&w; 8 x 10 in.

Verso includes pencilled note in Shortt's hand: "Reduce to 18½ picas wide x 3" deep on marks and place in position M".

 12 [Shortt] placing leaves of Indian Ironwood in preservative, Injipara, Madras, 1963. 1 photograph : b&w, mounted on board; 9 x 8 in.

Photograph taken by Ario Gatti.

13 [Shortt] collecting specimens near Valparai in the Anamallais, 1963. 1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 8 in.

Image of Shortt with a rifle, pushing through underbrush.

13a [Shortt] applying a coat of Vultex rubber to an Indian Ironwood, Madras, 1963. 1 photograph : b&w; 7 x 5 in.

Includes a note in Shortt's hand describing the process of making the mould.

13b [Shortt with latex mould for Indian Ironwood, Madras], 1963. 1 photograph : b&w; 7 x 5 in.

Includes a note in Shortt's hand describing the process of making the mould.

14 [Shortt] with Indian giant squirrel [on his shoulder], Kotgiri, India, Oct. 1963. 1 photograph : color; 7 x 5 in.

Photograph taken by Ario Gatti.

15 [Shortt] with "Kimmy", Injipara, South India, Oct. 1963. 1 photograph : color; 5 x 7 in.

Verso includes red penned note in Shortt's hand that Kimmy is "June and Roger Hands' Siamese cat, Tea Estates, Ltd."

Photograph taken by June Hands.

See also item (34).

15a Audrey [Shortt] with the little Tibetan waif whom we were sorely tempted to adopt, the monestery above Darjeeling, Dec. 1963. 1 photograph : color; 7 x 5 in. 15b A[udrey] B[ell Shortt] on the terrace of the Mount Everest Hotel, Darjeeling, Dec. 1963. 1 photograph : color; 5 x 7 in. 16 [Decoy contest, March 1970]. 1 photograph : b&w; 8 x 10 in.

A note in Shortt's hand describes the photograph: "Here is another photo of the renowned Bill Mackie, this one March 1970. / One of the jurors is hidden by an irate white-haired gent who climbed over the barrier to contest a remark by Bill M. about his carving. I can't identify that juror. Bill Carrick, on my left, is a well-known cinematographer who has worked with National Film Board and Disney Studios. / As I recall, the man with the sleeve-badge, a representative of the Toronto Hunters and Anglers and the young lad eventually escorted the belligerent carver out of the area. / Mackie was laying down the law, Carrick supporting him vigourously and TMS was wondering 'what the hell am I doing here?'"

Title given by cataloger.

17 Terence Shortt, 1975. 1 photograph : b&w; 7 x 5 in.

Photograph taken by Lee Warren.

18 [Shortt] in the Royal Ontario Museum workshop, 1976. 1 photograph : b&w; 7.5 x 4 in.

Photograph taken by Lee Warren.

19 [Shortt, December 1980]. 1 Polaroid : color; 5 x 4 in.

Photograph taken by Hugh McMillan, Jr.

Verso includes penciled note in Shortt's hand: "Admiring one of Carol Blinn's handmade books."

20 Mountain lion mount by Knud Nielsen and TMS, 1935. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 21 Display: Nature's house that Jack built, 1935. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 22 [Shortt in front of tent at James Bay], 1939. 1 slide : color; 35 mm.

Title given by cataloger.

23 Skinning a polar bear at Cape Henrietta Maria, 1948. 1 slide : color; 35 mm.

Includes: C. E. Hope, Gordon, Shortt and Lew Walden.

24 Mould of Cook's tree boa, Trinidad, 1957. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 25a-eSeries of slides on bushmaster mould, 1957. 5 slides : color; 35 mm.

Includes: applying bridges for second pouring, Urquhart, Scott, Ario Gatti and Shortt waiting for the plaster to set, completing the mould, and opening the mould.

26 Shortt with Queensland frilled lizard at the Royal Ontario Museum, 1957. 1 slide : color; 35 mm.

See also item (13).

27 [Shortt] making mould for green iguana for Gallery of World Reptiles, 1957. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 28 [Shortt and background painting for bushmaster exhibit], 1958. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 29 [Diorama: Everglades alligator diorama], 1959. 1 slide : color; 35 mm.

Title given by cataloger.

30 Cast of reticulated python exhibit being installed, 1959. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 31a-b [Shortt and a burro], Black Hills, S.D., 1962. 2 slides : color; 35 mm. 32a-b Audrey Bell Shortt and a burro, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1962. 2 slides : color; 35 mm. 33 [Shortt] with Roger Hands in the tea factory, Injipara, Madras, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 34 [Shortt with a siamese cat], Injipara, Tea Estate, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm.

See also item (12).

35 [Shortt with Indian giant squirrel on his shouder], 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 36 [Shortt under a] large-scaled lancehead, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 37 [Shortt surveying grass hills, western Ghats], 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm.

Title given by cataloger.

38 [Shortt riding an elephant with] Sri M.A. Badshaw, Mudamallai Game Sanctuary, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 39 [Shortt] with the "tree watcher" and Duroswami, Injipara, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 40 [Shortt] preparing specimens for the monsoon forest diorama in the garage workshop, Injipara, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 41 [Shortt preparing] Indian lorikeets and white breasted kingfisher [specimens], Injipara, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 42 [Shortt] preparing birds with Chinnaswami watching, Injipara, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 43a-c [Shortt] applying latex mould to Indian ironwood tree trunk, Duroswami preparing batches, 1963. 3 slides : color; 35 mm. 44a-b [Shortt spreading talc on ironwood mould],1963. 2 slides : color; 35 mm.

Title given by cataloger.

45a-d Loading collections at Injipara, India for shipment to Toronto, 1963. 4 slides : color; 35 mm. 46 [Shortt in] Monsoon Forest, Anamallais, Madras, India, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 47 [Shortt examining tree in] Monsoon forest, Anamallais, Madras, 1963. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 48 [Diorama of Monsoon forest with leopard, undated]. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 49 [Diorama of Monsoon forest with] grey jungle fowl, 1965. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 50 [Close up of leopard in Monsoon Forest diorama], 1965. 2 slides : color; 35 mm.

Title given by cataloger.

51a-c [Shortt collecting plants for Uganda rain forest diorama, Budongo Forest, 1968. 3 slides : color; 35 mm. 52a-b [Shortt making a mould of a mahogany limb for Uganda rain forest exhibit, Budango Forest], 1968. 2 slides : color; 35 mm. 53a-c [Packing plants for shipment to Royal Ontario Museum, 1968. 3 slides : color; 35 mm. 54 Chalk layout, Budongo rain forest diorama, [1969?]. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 55a-b [Shortt painting background for Budongo rain forest diorama, 1969?]2 slides : color; 35 mm. 56a-c [Budongo rain forest diorama under construction, 1969?] 3 slides : color; 35 mm. 57a-b [Budongo rain forest diorama completed, ca. 1969]. 2 slides : color; 35 mm. 58 George, the Toronto Zoo chimpanzee to be installed in the Budango rain forest diorama, ca. 1969. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 59 Margaret Cook in front of Budongo rain forest diorama, St. Patrick's Day, 1971. 1 slide : color; 35 mm.

Margaret Cook is secretary of the photo department.

60 [Shortt painting zebra for the] Kenya Grasslands group], 1969. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 61 [Shortt painting background for] Kenya grasslands diorama, 1969]. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 62a-f [Views of lions in the Kenya grasslands diorama, 1969]. 6 slides : color; 35 mm. 63a-c [Views of giraffes in the Kenya grasslands diorama, 1969]. 3 slides : color; 35 mm. 64a-b [Views of birds in the Kenya grasslands diorama, 1969]. 2 slides : color; 35 mm. 65 [Shortt sketching at Ankarafantsika, Madagascar, 1976. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 66 Narobi National Park diorama, Royal Ontario Museum, undated. 1 slide : color; 35 mm. 67Transperencies of Shortt's cartoons. 2 transperencies : color; 8 x 10 in.

Includes 10 cartoons: Pufted tuffin Lil' orphan Ani Granny knot Pleated woodpecker Round robin The egg beeeater Whiskered auklet Crane Scrub jay Redfaced warbler