Ostriches

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Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 2.

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A collection of lantern slides, possibly taken by Mary Elizabeth Gillespie, Thomas Gillespie's wife. The photographs are mainly of animals at Edinburgh Zoo. Further details of individual slides can be found at item level.

Scope and Contents The author thanks Ewart for sending him the hair samples of his zebras 'Romulus' and 'Matopo', and explaining that he has been much preoccupied by analysing the shell structure of ostrich eggs in the Masai country. He expounds his theories on what the markings and legstripes of zebras can reveal about which species they are. He analyses the colourings and markings of 'Matopo', 'Romulus' etc, and discusses the ramifications of telegony. The end of the letter, including the...

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Photograph of a flock of ostriches standing together in a field in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of several ostriches in a pen on a farm [in South Africa?] in the late 19th or early 20th century.

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Photograph of a prize cock and hen ostriches standing in a paddock that were bred by A[rthur] Douglass, M[inister] of L[and] A[ffairs] in [South Africa] in the late 19th and early20th century.

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Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 2.