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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceColorado
County/ParishBoulder County
LocalityWard Region
Institution CodeUcm
Collection CodeEgg
Catalog NumberUcm:egg:259
Collected ByCollector(s): Denis Gale
Date Collected1893-06-23

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UCM Bird Eggs/Nests Collection (Arctos)
http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/research/vertebrates https://ipt.vertnet.org/archive.do?r=ucm_egg

The UCM Egg & Nest Collection contains over 2,600 egg sets and nests. Nearly three-quarters of this collection was assembled by distinguished naturalists Denis Gale and G. Morrison in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. These historic specimens represent much of the avifauna found in Colorado and several Midwestern states, and are accompanied by detailed field notes. An additional 600 egg sets collected in the US and Peru in the late 1970s-1990s are preserved as broken fragments, historically used to examine variation in eggshell gas exchange in montane and lowland habitats.

Contacts

Name Emily Braker
RoleVertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
Emailemily.braker@colorado.edu
Name Emily Braker
RoleVertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
Emailemily.braker@colorado.edu
Name David Bloom
RoleVertNet Coordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name Emily Braker
RoleVertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
EmailEmily.Braker@colorado.edu
Name Dusty McDonald
RoleArctos Database Programmer
Emaildlmcdonald@alaska.edu
Name Christy McCain
RoleVertebrate Zoology Curator
Emailchristy.mccain@colorado.edu
Name Emily Braker
RoleVertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
Emailemily.braker@colorado.edu
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