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Description: | Fauna - most of the collection comprises mounted birds. There are good representative collections of moths, butterflies and other insects, including a comprehensive beetle collection. There is a substantial group of shells, both Cornish and world-wide.
Flora - the museum has a number of 18th century herbaria, most of which are not relevant to Cornwall, and some are of foreign material. The most important herbarium is that of Hamilton Davy, formed before he wrote his book of the flora of Cornwall (1910). | Subjects: | Biology | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01872 240514 | Telephone: | 01872 272205 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2938 | Go to resource |
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