Re: Just curious, which specimen?

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Posted by Vince Lucas on 10:51:52 01/26/06

In Reply to: Re: Just curious, which specimen? posted by Bill Pranty

I have to laugh sometimes. Why is it ornithologists or wannabes refer to the "killing" of birds for specimen collections in museums as "collecting"? I guess eumphemistically, that sounds better and probably doesn't carry the same connotation. . . .

: The apparent Florida Grasshopper Sparrow collected at Anhinga Trail on 10 July 1968.


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