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William Couper's egg collection catalogue
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ON00259 SC 23
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[ca. 1879] (Creation)
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2 cm of textual records
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Fonds consists of Couper's catalogue of his egg collection. The catalogue lists bird species by Smithsonian catalogue number and notes where specimens were collected, by whom they were collected, and the number of eggs. In addition, the flyleaf of the journal contains a recipe for a fluid that preserves natural history specimens.
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Biographical information from: Cranmer-Byng, Jack, and Martin K. McNicholl. Ornithology in Ontario. Whitby, Ont.: Hawk Owl, 1994.