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Word: speciman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wedge-tailed Shearwater just about to commence breeding and smaller numbers of a small white-bellied one, which we learned later are described as local races. . . The land birds are very few, one--a little scrub wren described by Alexander in 1922; another the little quail also a topotypical speciman. There is an abundance of small Wallaby here, an island race of Macropus eugenii. . . Our two weeks passed very quickly and pleasantly, though water was very scarce and we were limited to about two cups a day, which is a bit thin when one is ranging about in hot weather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reptilian Denizens of Wallaby Islands Succumb to Wiles of Thirsty Entomologists Living at Cannery | 1/6/1932 | See Source »

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