Record #:

34540

Author(s):

Martin, Margaret

Abstract:

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences has spent over 100 years collecting bird specimens from not only native species, but from all over the world. The collection boasts over 13,000 prepared bird specimens. The new director continues to collect specimens and arrange for them to be easily accessible to other researchers.

Source:

North Carolina Naturalist (NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 6 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 1998, p4-5, il, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences--Exhibitions; North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh); Birds--Collection and preservation