Nest of Wool Bird - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 48610 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 113.01 CONVOLVULACEAE Convolvulus sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Nest of Wool Bird | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Nest of Wool Bird | Geography Description | Cape Province, Africa, Southern Africa, Malmesbury | ||
| Uses | Nest of Wool BirdUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Not defined | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Frere Sir Bartle | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1878 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Nest of the Wool Bird, made partly of cotton from the seed of a species of convolvulus, and partly from sheep wool. Since the introduction of sheep into the colony the bird has made its nest more frequently of wool, plucked from the sheep,, as less trouble to gather than the smaller seed pods. Just below the entrance to the nest is a little pocket, in which the cock bird sits to guard the nest. | ||||