Re: Just curious, which specimen? (A Vince Lucas contradiction?)

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Posted by Nick Valese on 12:25:49 01/26/06

In Reply to: Re: Just curious, which specimen? posted by Vince Lucas

That's weird. Larry Manfredi mentioned recently on TAS you were the person to check with for butterflies. I have also heard you have quite a large collection of them (or did)? What would be the difference with birds?

: 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. . . .
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: : The apparent Florida Grasshopper Sparrow collected at Anhinga Trail on 10 July 1968.
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Re: Just curious, which specimen? (A Vince Lucas contradiction?) - Vince Lucas 14:02:09 01/26/06 (0)

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