Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of Exotic Birds, dated 1878, Spain, by James Gardner, 1844-1917, Bird & Animal Preserver, 52 High Holburn, W.C, and 29, late 426 Oxford Street, a high quality cased diorama of exotic birds to include - Hoopoe, Azure-winged Magpie, European Roller, European Bee-eater, all mounted upon a centrally positioned branch, amidst a natural setting of ferns, grasses and fauna, above pebbled groundwork beneath, set against a watercolour painted interior, enclosed within a typical period ebonised single-glass display case, 62cm by 22.5cm by 61cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior lower left and verso, bearing label to interior - Spain, Azur-wing Magpie, Common Roller, Common Bee-eater, and Hoopoe, shot in the Provincia de Cordova, Andalucia, by T. Parkin in 1878. The company of James Gardner was known as a purveyor of very high quality diorama cases and held Royal Warrants for Her Majesty Queen Victoria, The Royal Families of England & France and His Highness The Khedive of Egypt, thus establishing their name in the annals of taxidermy history.