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v is ite d e i th e r o f th em to o u r k n ow le d g e . M . B e a iid o iiin w a s , w e b e liev e , t l ie coiTcspon-
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h a d s e v e ra l c o lle c to rs a t d iir c r c n t p e r io d s .
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d e c id e d ly r a r e in c o lle c tio n s . I n th e B r i t is h M u s e um o n e s p e c im e n is m u c h d u l l e r h lu e ,
a n d h a s n o t so m u c h w h ite o n th e w in g ; th is m a y h e th e y o u n g b ird .
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f ig u re d is iu C a p t. S h e lle y ’s c o lle c tio n , a n d was o b ta in e d n e a r A c c ra .