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...collection is like Houghton [Library]," says Raymond Paynter Jr., curator of the bird collection. "It's full of treasures but its growth is very slow...
...bird collection ranks third in the country with about 350,000 specimens, Paynter says. Among these is a collection of Chinese birds that "are the best in the world, better than even China," he says...
...students drew lots last December after Paynter received enough funds for only three of the five seminar participants. He placed five numbered index cards face down on a table and those students that drew one, two and three won the right...
Webster, who has participated in Paynter's trips to South America since he was in the seminar three years ago, said the trip "gets better every year...
Although Webster does not plan to make a career of ornithology, he said Paynter's seminar and trips have nurtured his interest in the field, turning a "hobby into an addiction...