Birds nest - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 29732 | |||||
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| No Image | 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 | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hart JH | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 07/07/1900 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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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.? | ||||