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Clarifying collection details of specimens from Champion Bay, Western Australia, held in the Natural History Museum, Tring
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2016-06-06
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2021-02-09
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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.
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Horton, Philippa; Grouw, Hein van & Johnstone, R E (2016) Clarifying collection details of specimens from Champion Bay, Western Australia, held in the Natural History Museum, Tring. Bull. B.O.C. 2016 136(2): 129-138
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© 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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0007-1595