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Image from page 112 of “A natural history of the ducks” (1922) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: naturalhistoryof01phil Title: A natural history of the ducks Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: Phillips, John C. (John Charles), 1876-1938 Subjects: Ducks Publisher: Boston New York : Houghton Mifflin company Contributing Library: Boston Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: Boston …

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Title: A natural history of the ducks
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Phillips, John C. (John Charles), 1876-1938
Subjects: Ducks
Publisher: Boston New York : Houghton Mifflin company
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nd has been recorded from the Kafue River (Boyd Alexander,Rhodesia 1900)- It is abundant, however, on the Upper Zambesi (Bradshaw, fide Stark andSclater, 1906; Holub and von Pelzeln, 1882) and in northwestern Bechuana Protectorateon the Botletli River (Bryden, 1893), on Lake Ngami where it is resident and presumably breeds (An-dersson, 1872), at Kanye (NicoUs and EgUngton, 1892). It is fairly abundant also in Portuguese WestSouthwest Africa, south of the Cuanza River, where it was found at Kakondo, on the Kunene,^^^^^ at Huilla, Gambos and Humbe (Barboza de Socage, 1877-81). According to Fleck (1894) it occurs in former German Southwest Africa near Rehoboth, Fish River, and Andersson(1872) describes it as common in the rainy season in Damaraland and Great Namaqualand, and breed-ing in Ovampoland. South of the Orange River the present species occurs only as a rare straggler. It has been taken onthe Kleinmont River, Bathurst Division (Layard, 1875-84), and once in Pondoland, Cape Colony

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COMB or KNOB-BILLED DUCK 71 (Horsbrugh, 1912). A specimen had apparently been taken also in Natal some time before 1862 (Scla-ter. Ibis, ser. 1, vol. 4, p. 284,1862). There is no record of its occurrence in the Orange South Af-River Colony, but it has been taken on the Molopo River near Mafeking, southwestern rica; OrangeTransvaal (W. Ayres, 1887; Shelley, 1882) at Potchefstroom (Barratt, 1876; W. Ayres, ^^^^^1887) and at Rustenburg (W. Ayres, 1887). According to C. H. Taylor (1907), it is resident andbreeds in southeastern Transvaal in the Amersfoort District, and Haagner (1914) re- q,cently discovered it breeding on the Crocodile River in the same general region, this be-ing the southernmost breeding record. Between the Limpopo and the Zambesi, that is in southern Rhodesia, the species has been fre-quently found. There are specimens from the Tati River in the South African Museum, and F. Oates(1881) found it on the Ramaquaban River. It is common during the rains on the Que Que River

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Image from page 104 of “A natural history of the ducks” (1922) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: naturalhistoryof01phi Title: A natural history of the ducks Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: Phillips, John C. (John Charles), 1876-1938 Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, ill Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946, ill Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927, ill Grönvold, Henrik, 1858-1940, ill …

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Identifier: naturalhistoryof01phi
Title: A natural history of the ducks
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Phillips, John C. (John Charles), 1876-1938 Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, ill Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946, ill Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927, ill Grönvold, Henrik, 1858-1940, ill
Subjects: Ducks
Publisher: Boston New York : Houghton Mifflin Company Cambridge : The Riverside Press
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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d has been recorded from the Kafue River (Boyd Alexander,p, , . 1900). It is abundant, however, on the Upper Zambesi (Bradshaw, fide Stark and Sclater, 1906; Holub and von Pelzeln, 1882) and in northwestern Bechuana Protectorateon the Botletli River (Bryden, 1893),on Lake Ngami where it is resident and presumably breeds (An-dersson, 1872), at Kanye (Nicolls and Eglington, 1892). It is fairly abundant also in Portuguese WestSouthwest Africa, south of the Cuanza River, where it was found at Kakondo, on the Kunene,Africa at Huilla, Gambos and Humbe (Barboza de Bocage, 1877-81). According to Fleck (1894) it occurs in former German Southwest Africa near Rehoboth, Fish River, and Andersson(1872) describes it as common in the rainy season in Damaraland and Great Namaqualand, and breed-ing in Ovampoland. South of the Orange River the present species occurs only as a rare straggler. It has been taken onthe Kleinmont River, Bathurst Division (Layard, 1875-84), and once in Pondoland, Cape Colony

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Qg ^3 e Q oO c+3 3 CO CO COMB or KNOB-BILLED DUCK 71 (Horsbrugh, 1912). A specimen had apparently been taken also in Natal some time before 1862 (Scla-ter, Ibis, ser. 1, vol. 4, p. 284,1862). There is no record of its occurrence in the Orange South Af-River Colony, but it has been taken on the Molopo River near Mafeking, southwestern rica; OrangeTransvaal (W. Ayres, 1887; Shelley, 1882) at Potchefstroom (Barratt, 1876; W. Ayres, River1887) and at Rustenburg (W. Ayres, 1887). According to C. H. Taylor (1907), it is resident andbreeds in southeastern Transvaal in the Amersfoort District, and Haagner (1914) re- ~ , cently discovered it breeding on the Crocodile River in the same general region, this be-ing the southernmost breeding record. Between the Limpopo and the Zambesi, that is in southern Rhodesia, the species has been fre-quently found. There are specimens from the Tati River in the South African Museum, and F. Oates(1881) found it on the Ramaquaban River. It is common during the

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Natural History Museum of Utah – The Great Fish River Museum

Natural History Museum of Utah Image by InSapphoWeTrust The Natural History Museum of Utah, located on the University of Utah campus at its new Rio Tinto Building home, is best known for its excellent collection of fossils (especially dinosaur fossils) as well as emphasis on the place of humans in the greater ecosystem. In the …

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The Natural History Museum of Utah, located on the University of Utah campus at its new Rio Tinto Building home, is best known for its excellent collection of fossils (especially dinosaur fossils) as well as emphasis on the place of humans in the greater ecosystem. In the Salt Lake City area, where the vast majority of points of interest are affiliated with the Mormons, this is a very rare secular institution that stands out.

Fish fossils from the riverbed of Green River.

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UK – London – South Kensington: Natural History Museum – The Great Fish River Museum

UK – London – South Kensington: Natural History Museum Image by wallyg The Natural History Museum is home to life and earth science collections comprising some 70 million items. There are five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. There is also a wgildlife garden containing native fauna and flora. The museum is renowned …

UK – London – South Kensington: Natural History Museum
The Great Fish River museum
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The Natural History Museum is home to life and earth science collections comprising some 70 million items. There are five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. There is also a wgildlife garden containing native fauna and flora. The museum is renowned for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons, particularly the large Diplodocus cast which dominates the entrance.

The foundation of the collection was a bequest by Irish doctor Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753). Sloane’s collection, which included dried plants, and animal and human skeletons, was initially housed in Montague House, home of the British Museum, in Bloomsbury in 1756. In the late 1850s, Professor Richard Owen, Superintendent of the natural history departments of the British Museum saw a need for a bigger, separate building. Land in South Kensington was purchased, and in 1864 a design competition was held. The winning entry was submitted by Captain Francis Fowke who died shortly afterwards. Alfred Waterhouse substantially revised the agreed plans, and designed the façades in his own Romanesque style. Work began in 1873 and the museum opened in 1881, although the move from the old museum was not fully completed until 1883.

Both the interiors and exteriors made extensive use of terracotta brick to resist the sooty climate of Victorian London. The terracotta for the interior and exterior was made by the famous Gibbs And Canning Limited of Tamworth. The bricks include images of plants, animals and fossils. The central axis of the museum is aligned with the tower of Imperial College London (formerly the Imperial Institute) and the Royal Albert Hall and Albert Memorial further north, forming the complex known colloquially as Albertopolis. The building is a Grade I Listed Building by the English Heritage.

Legally, it remained a department of the British Museum with the formal name British Museum (Natural History), often abbreviated in the scientific literature as B.M.(N.H.) or BMNH. In 1963, the Natural History Museum became an independent museum with its own Board of Trustees, and in 1986 absorbed the adjacent Geological Museum of the British Geological Survey. However, it was not until the Museums and Galleries Act of 1992 that the Museum’s formal title was finally changed from B.M.(N.H.) to The Natural History Museum.

The newly-developed Darwin Centre (named after Charles Darwin) holds a collection of millions of preserved specimens, interactive materials and new workspaces for the Museum’s scientific staff. The Darwin Centre is also home to Archie the squid, an 8 metre long giant squid taken alive in a fishing net near the Falkland Islands. The museum also holds the remains and bones of the River Thames Whale that lost its way in January 2006.

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UK – London – South Kensington: Natural History Museum

UK – London – South Kensington: Natural History Museum Image by wallyg The Natural History Museum is home to life and earth science collections comprising some 70 million items. There are five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. There is also a wgildlife garden containing native fauna and flora. The museum is renowned …

UK – London – South Kensington: Natural History Museum
The Great Fish River museum
Image by wallyg
The Natural History Museum is home to life and earth science collections comprising some 70 million items. There are five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. There is also a wgildlife garden containing native fauna and flora. The museum is renowned for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons, particularly the large Diplodocus cast which dominates the entrance.

The foundation of the collection was a bequest by Irish doctor Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753). Sloane’s collection, which included dried plants, and animal and human skeletons, was initially housed in Montague House, home of the British Museum, in Bloomsbury in 1756. In the late 1850s, Professor Richard Owen, Superintendent of the natural history departments of the British Museum saw a need for a bigger, separate building. Land in South Kensington was purchased, and in 1864 a design competition was held. The winning entry was submitted by Captain Francis Fowke who died shortly afterwards. Alfred Waterhouse substantially revised the agreed plans, and designed the façades in his own Romanesque style. Work began in 1873 and the museum opened in 1881, although the move from the old museum was not fully completed until 1883.

Both the interiors and exteriors made extensive use of terracotta brick to resist the sooty climate of Victorian London. The terracotta for the interior and exterior was made by the famous Gibbs And Canning Limited of Tamworth. The bricks include images of plants, animals and fossils. The central axis of the museum is aligned with the tower of Imperial College London (formerly the Imperial Institute) and the Royal Albert Hall and Albert Memorial further north, forming the complex known colloquially as Albertopolis. The building is a Grade I Listed Building by the English Heritage.

Legally, it remained a department of the British Museum with the formal name British Museum (Natural History), often abbreviated in the scientific literature as B.M.(N.H.) or BMNH. In 1963, the Natural History Museum became an independent museum with its own Board of Trustees, and in 1986 absorbed the adjacent Geological Museum of the British Geological Survey. However, it was not until the Museums and Galleries Act of 1992 that the Museum’s formal title was finally changed from B.M.(N.H.) to The Natural History Museum.

The newly-developed Darwin Centre (named after Charles Darwin) holds a collection of millions of preserved specimens, interactive materials and new workspaces for the Museum’s scientific staff. The Darwin Centre is also home to Archie the squid, an 8 metre long giant squid taken alive in a fishing net near the Falkland Islands. The museum also holds the remains and bones of the River Thames Whale that lost its way in January 2006.

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