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Description: | The strongest areas of this small collection are the egg and nest collections; the herbaria; birds; and of the insects, the diptera and coleoptera specimens.
Corals: Collection of corals and molluscs by Alfred E Craven.
Eggs: Predominantly 19th century British collections made locally or by local collectors, includes 15 nests. There is a small amount of foreign material such as ostrich and emu.
Insects: Includes several 19th century butterfly and moth collections locally gathered and wasp nests.
Plants and fungi: Six volumes of herbaria (1850-1865) by F Edward Hulme; herbarium seaweeds; a wildflower book by Joy Wilson; and two collections of mosses collected by W B Strugnell and G F Payne.
Mollusca: Collection of land, fresh water and marine molluscs collected 1895-1935 by Rev R L Jones.
Sea shells: There are several collections of British and foreign specimens.
Vertebrates: British mammals including albino specimens, 23 cases of birds and five cases of fish. There are also a few British reptiles and amphibians in spirit and osteological specimens. | Subjects: | Biology | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Stratford Park
STROUD,
GL5 4AF | FAX: | 01453 752 400 | Telephone: | 01453 763 394 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:104 | Go to resource |
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