Common Quail

Taxidermy case of two adult male and four adult female Common Quail by Edward Hart.

Taxidermy case of two adult male and four adult female Common Quail. According to Edward Hart, writing on 6 May 1927, 'Far left (no 1): adult female, September 27th 1886; (no 2): adult female, December 6th 1890; (no 3): adult female, October 5th 1886; (no 4): adult male, October 1883; (no 5): adult male, September 1885; (no 6): adult female, September 4th 1916. Shot by me on Tuckton and Wick farms, Christchurch. Sexes differ; summer and winter plumage the same. Mounted by me'.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
NH.83.3/249
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
case: 560 mm x 870 mm x 365 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
taxidermy case
CATEGORY
Natural History: Zoology
LOCATION
In storage
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