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| Description | Correspondence relating to specimens obtained for the British Museum (Natural History), including cow leopard seal, elephant seal, reindeer. Includes specimen data. Also includes report on the sealing industry at South Georgia, season 1959; interim report on the fur seal investigations at Bird Island, South Georgia, season 1959-1960 and 1960-1961, all by Nigel Bonner. Later correspondence relates to seal tags used by The Natural Environment Research Council, Seals Research Unit (with an example of the arm of a tag reading 'Inform London Zoo').
Related Natural History specimen number is 1959.12.17.4
Related Natural History specimen number is 1956.4.13.1
Related Natural History specimen number is 1959.12.17.1
Related Natural History specimen number is 1959.12.17.2
Related Natural History specimen number is 1959.12.17.3
Related Natural History specimen number is 1966.10.17.2
Related Natural History specimen number is 1966.10.17.3
Related Natural History specimen number is 1960.8.10.1-60
W Nigel Bonner, Anatomy Department, The London Hospital Medical College; Biological Laboratory, King Edward Point, South Georgia; British Antarctic Survey; Natural Environment Research Council, Seals Research Unit
GL 1955/69 |