NEW ZEALAND BIRDS.
NEW IrORKl r ORK COLLECTION. Mrs Harry Payne Whitney, a noted sculptor and a member of the Vanderbilt family, has presented to the New York Museum of Natural History the priceless world-famous Rothschild collection of birds. The 280,000 specimens include Mr Gregory Mathews’ Australian and Sir Walter Buller’s New Zealand, collections, a Pacific Island sectior , with specimens of extinct Hawaiian birds and a large British section.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 305, 23 November 1932, Page 7
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69NEW ZEALAND BIRDS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 305, 23 November 1932, Page 7
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