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Description: | Extensive egg collections of both British and foreign material, mostly birds, but some reptiles are also present. The specimens that make up collection are fully catalogued with individual database records and there are some notebooks associated with particular collectors.
These eggs are an important historical resource for those scientists studying bird biology. From a scientific and conservation point of view, it is material of the more common species that is most useful. The eggs of over 1000 species are represented. Study of old egg collections can help us to understand the way in which birds respond to their environment. Not all of the collection is securely provenanced and of course the eggs were collected at a time when egg collecting was legal and fashionable.
Much of the collection is housed in purpose built mahogany cabinets labelled with the name of the collector. In addition to blown eggs in their natural state there are some exquisite painted and decorated eggs, produced as curiosities, for the tourist market and by sailors. The collection is complemented by some nests, including an eider nest and a great tit nest made in a beehive drawer. Some of the eggs have been used, along with nests, as part of the groundwork for cased birds. | Format: | 10000 specimens and journals | Subjects: | Environment Reptiles Scientific research Natural history Habitats Collecting Bird populations Nature conservation Birds Eggs | Temporal: | 20th century - early 1900-1930 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | +44 (0)1603 493623 | Telephone: | +44 (0)1603 493625 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:7033 | Format: | 10000 specimens and journals | Go to resource |
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