Ostriches
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
A comparison of the mechanical properties of ostrich bone with bone from chicken and sheep, 1994
Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/4/562
Scope and Contents
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 2.
Dates:
1994
Letter (incomplete) to James Cossar Ewart from unknown author, 21 March 1898
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/6
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...
Dates:
21 March 1898
[Ostriches], 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3436
Scope and Contents
Photograph of a flock of ostriches standing together in a field in the early 20th century.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
[Ostriches in a Pen], 1870s-1930s
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Identifier: Coll-1434/3435
Scope and Contents
Photograph of several ostriches in a pen on a farm [in South Africa?] in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Prize Cock and Hen Ostriches Bred by A[rthur] Douglass, M.L.A., 1870s-1930s
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Identifier: Coll-1434/3432
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Tibiotarsal rotation in ostrich chicks, 1994
Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/4/611
Scope and Contents
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 2.
Dates:
1994