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Ref NoDF/ZOO/236/15/3/4
Alt Ref NoDF 236/15/3/4
TitlePercy Lowe's Correspondence regarding Exploitation of Birds in Colonies and Dependencies, particularly the flamingo
DescriptionOriginal file titled 'Correspondence dealing with the Exploitation of Birds in our Colonies and Dependencies'

File divided into three sections:
1) 'Threatened Extinction of Flamingos in the Bahamas - Correspondence etc'. A series of letters between Percy Lowe and the Colonial Office in which Percy Lowe writes that a 'famous colony of flamingos is in grave danger of being exterminated in the West Indies on Andros Island'

2) Proposed Schedules of Bird Protection in Nigeria

3) Correspondence from individuals offering extensive numbers of bird skins for sale to the British Museum (Natural History), collated by Percy Lowe as evidence of the exploitation of birds in British Colonies
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
Extent1 file
LevelFile
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