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Description: | The Natural Science Collection has examples of the flora, fauna and geology of Oxfordshire, Geology of about 5,000 specimens ranging from rocks from deep boreholes to fossils and minerals. The biology collection is about 200,000 specimens from mammals to invertebrates with dry collections of most groups of insects collected by entomologists, including W J Le Quesne, T R Eagles and E S Brown. Skeletal material, including many bird skulls and mounted birds and mammals, many of species found in Oxfordshire. The collection of Western European Birds Eggs given by the Jourdain Society is internationally important and has over 7000 clutches representing 600 species; a spreadsheet is available as a download. The harbarium includes collections of Bryophytes, mostly presented by the late Dr E W Jones, Lichens, and the Voucher collection of the Fungus Survey of Oxfordshire. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01865 300519 | Telephone: | 01865 300972 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4402 | Go to resource |
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