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[Letter providing name of provided bird specimen]

Record no:

2376

Author:

Coles, H. J.

Year:

05 January 1914

Description:

1 p.

Subject:

Birds - Western Australia - Identification;

Notes:

To Mr H.J. Coles.
No indication of writer provided.
See: A220-75-3 Natural science - Enquiries and requests. 1912 - 1914

Type:

Archives

Abstract:

Writer identifies submitted bird specimen as the New Zealand Prosthemadea novae-hollandiae, native name "Tui" and called "Parson bird " by the settlers.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		Archives room			On Shelf

[Mr. H. S. Day of Bullfinch WA, writes to Glauert seeking help in identifying small black birds with red breasts]

[Glauert returns Mr. H. S. Day's correspondence of 4 October 1936 but is unable to definitively identify the birds he described]

[Letter questioning naming of bird specimen]

[Letter requesting identification of bird specimen sent by rail]

[Letter of acknowledgement of correspondence re: identification of owlets or nightjars]

[Letter requesting bird specimen linked to previously sent egg specimens]

[Letter speculating on the identification of bird linked to previously provided egg specimens; requesting formalin for specimen preservation; and enclosing small snakes found in mallee roots]