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Clarifying collection details of specimens from Champion Bay, Western Australia, held in the Natural History Museum, Tring
Authors
Philippa Horton
JE Johnstone
Hein van Grouw
Publication date
9 February 2021
Publisher
British Ornithologists' Club
Abstract
Six bird specimens from Champion Bay (now Geraldton), Western Australia, were purchased by the British Museum from the dealer E. T. Higgins and registered in 1867. They included the first known specimen of Painted Finch Emblema pictum to have been collected after the holotype. All six specimens are of interest because their species are either rare or otherwise unknown in the Geraldton area. Widespread drought in the 1860s probably contributed to at least some of the unusual occurrences but cannot explain them all. Possible alternative locations for the specimens’ origins are investigated. Biographical details of the probable collectors of the specimens, A. H. du Boulay and F. H. du Boulay, are explored.© British Ornithologists’ Club 2016 This is an open access article, available to all readers online. The attached file is the published version of the article
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