Birds nest - Specimen details

Birds nest - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 29732

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Plant Name 171.00 BROMELIACEAE Catopsis nutans Entry Book Number 36.1900
Artefact Name Birds nest Vernacular Name
Iso Country Trinidad and Tobago TDWG Region Trinidad and Tobago
Parts Held Birds nest Geography Description Trinidad-Tobago, Trinidad, Caribbean, Southern America
Uses Birds nestUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Hart JH Donor No
Donor Date 07/07/1900 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: Nest composed largely of seeds of Catopsis, made by Little Collared Swift, Paenyptila cayanensis Gmel. This is catopsis of Mez's monograph rather than Tillandsia. Entry-book source: J H Hart esq Trinidad. Birds nest composed almost entirel, y of the seeds of Catopsis nutans , Gris. (Bromeliaceae). Sent as affording information on the subject of seed distribution. The name of the bird is not known & the bird has not been seen. The nest was attached (see diagram in entry book) Since determined, by Mr Hemsley to be Tillandsia sp. & not Catopsis JRJ.?

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