SHOOTING BUTTERFLIES.
PRIZE FROM PAPUA. Ptp««. Assn.— By TeleKrapb-r-CopyrlKht.> SYDNEY.. July 10. Mr Meek, collector m Papua for Mr Walter Rothschild's museum, is visiting Sydney. Among tho prizes he captured is the largest butterfly m the world, a Tricdes Alexandre. It is 11£ inches across the- wings, and is such a high flier that it has to be shot with a gun. He also secured a Crown pigeon, tho size of a. hen turkey.. This pigeon lives on tho ground.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13430, 11 July 1914, Page 3
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