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Ref NoDF/ZOO/237/8/2/1
Alt Ref NoDF237/8/2/1
TitleGlegg, W E: Correspondence and Memoranda
DescriptionIncludes references to the following eggs or egg collections:

(Walter) Rothschild collection including Birds of Paradise, North Africa (Rothschild & Hartert), F W Riggenbach, F Shaw Mayer (Australasian) and Charles Rothschild. 1943; H.L. Popham; R. Shuel; A.W. Johnson (Chile); A. Miller (Nigeria); S.G.Gibbons (Saudi Arabia); Ronald G. Webster Kay - bad condition - rejected; Chance - 24,608 eggs in 5,415 sets; T.S. Jones for Mr Chinery (Tobago); F.C. Platts (Chile); Mrs B.P. Hall & H.D. Welsh; Dean (Argentina); Prof. Wood-Jones; W.W.A. Phillips (Ceylon); Chorley (Kenya); Syrian Ostrich - see Ibis 1923: 208-11; Collingwood-Ingram (Copenhagen market); J.A. Golding (Tanganyika); C.W. Benson - plus embryos in spirit; F.I.D.S. 119 eggs; Guttera verreauxi 1949-6-1; Great Auk 1949-7-1; Conway - refused; Whistler - collection came by mistake and registration terminated; Lilford's Great Auk egg; boxes of nests found at South Kensington; Sir Walter Williamson (Siam); F.N. Betts (India) with typescript list; G(?).Mathews; C.E. Wilson (Wadi Medani); R.E. Drake-Brockman; Dr G.C.L. Bertram; K.L. Skinner; Coverley (Portugal); B. Loppenthin - Socotra Cormorants - exchange; Capt. C.R.S. Pitman; N.B. Coltart exchange; Meiklejohn; B.B. Roberts - British Grahamland Expedition 1934-37; Col. Sparrow; Shaw-Meyer (New Guinea); Major Littledale; Col. Payn; South West African eggs; W.E. Glegg's letter from R. Meinertzhagen referring to Doughty's Syrian Ostrich
Date1943-1952
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
LevelFile

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