Great Spotted Woodpecker

Taxidermy case of three adult female and four adult male Great Spotted Woodpecker by Edward Hart.

Taxidermy case of three adult female and four adult male Great Spotted Woodpecker. According to Edward Hart, writing on 12 April 1927, 'Top left (no 1): adult female, April 1879; middle left (no 2): adult male, December 1873; bottom left (no 3): adult male, May 1876; middle (no 4): adult female, March 1870; top middle right (no 5): adult female, March 1879; top right (no 6): adult male, December 1880; bottom right (no 7): adult male, March 1888. All shot by me either at Haddon Hill or Grove Wood, Christchurch. Sexes differ; summer and winter plumage the same. Mounted by me'.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
NH.83.3/104
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
case: 712 mm x 611 mm x 282 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
taxidermy case
CATEGORY
Natural History: Zoology
LOCATION
In storage
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