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

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Posted by Vince Lucas on 14:02:09 01/26/06

In Reply to: Re: Just curious, which specimen? (A Vince Lucas contradiction?) posted by Nick Valese

The difference is, I killed 'em pure and simple and not under the 'guise" (at the time) of science. . . .

: 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?
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: : 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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