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THE dispersal of an ornithological collection so large, and of such historic interest, as that formed by the late Sir William Jardine, F.R.S., is an event deserving of notice. The collection was begun more than sixty years since, and was the occupation of half a century's diligent care. From its contents were described, and often figured, a majority of the species treated of in the late baronet's many works, ranging from the “Illustrations of Ornithology,” commenced in 1825, to papers in journals of comparatively recent date, and it included a greater number of “type-specimens” than any other that has ever been brought to the hammer.
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Sale of the Jardine Ornithological Collection . Nature 34, 199 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034199a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/034199a0