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Word: cottontails (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dodo (TIME, Sept. 14, p. 40) is, to the writer's untrained eye, much like a stuffed restoration of the dodo which is prominently displayed in the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh bird differs from the Iowa reproduction principally in having a feathered tail instead of the cottontail effect, the coloring is apparently somewhat more uniform and there are slight differences above the eyes. Why then can Iowa claim "the only Stuffed replica in the world of the dodo?". . . L. L. NETTLETON Pittsburgh, Pa. There is also a reconstructed dodo in the American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 12, 1931 | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

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