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Early collection used lifelike mounts like this red-footed falcon. The roots of modern bird collections are found in the 18th- and 19th-century explorations of Europeans intent on documenting global plant and animal diversity. [1] It was a fashion to collect and display natural curiosities in Victorian England.
The sanctuary was founded in 1929, [3] when members of the Lenox Garden Club established a new organization, the Pleasant Valley Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary. [4] The first director was Maurice Broun. The sanctuary was acquired by Mass Audubon in 1950.
A selection of Observer's Books including the first in the series, British Birds (1937), showing the wavy line pattern on the dustjackets. The Observer's Books are a series of small, pocket-sized books, published by Frederick Warne & Co in the United Kingdom from 1937 to 2003. They covered topics such as hobbies, art, history and wildlife.
Lenox Corporation is an American manufacturing company that sells tableware, giftware, and collectible products under the Lenox, Dansk, Reed & Barton, Gorham, and Oneida brands. For most of the 20th century, it was the most prestigious American maker of tableware, and the company produced other decorative pieces as well.
The Green Collection and donated to the Museum of the Bible: December 2015 [83] [84] $4.7 $3.53 The Birds of America. One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by York Subscription Library and subsequently by the Indiana Historical Society. John James Audubon: 1827–1838 April 2014 [85] $6 $3.49 Symphony No. 9
Neville William Cayley (1886–1950) was an Australian writer, artist and ornithologist.He produced Australia's first comprehensive bird field guide What Bird is That?.In 1960 it was rated the all-time best seller in Australian natural history and remains a classic birding reference to this day.
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Sometimes the expedition members would set up a base on land and process the birds there, [10]: 176 but otherwise skinning was typically done by the light of benzine lamps in the hold of the France. [33]: 223 Supplies needed for processing birds included arsenic, alum, benzine, cornmeal, needles, bone cutters, cotton wrapping and labels. "It is ...