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Name/Title

Moa, skin fragment

A small fragment of dried Moa skin. It is irregular shaped and a light brown colour.

Accession No

A100.645

Name/Title

Fulgurite

Piece of brown fulgurite, shaped similar to a tree branch. The cylindrical shape of the main rock curves and then branches into two sections at the end. The fulgurite has a rough, uneven surface. There are variations in the brown colouring, from light tan to deep red, and light-coloured flecks visible overall. The larger end has a melted, lumpy texture to the centre.

Accession No

A62.401

Name/Title

Duck, Grey

A male grey duck (Anas superciliosa superciliosa) speciman. Head and hind neck streaked with white. Yellowish white superciliary streak. Uppersurface dark brown. The feathers margined in fulvous white. Dark brown wings with glossy green speculum. Throat fulvous white. Undersurface white streaked with brown.

Accession No

A64.916

Name/Title

Case of Birds

Glass case displaying ten humming birds. Family Trochilidae. Mounted with wings and tails spread out. Variation in colour and size. Displayed with ferns and grasses under. Came from the Estate of Colonel Messenger.

Accession No

A64.923

Name/Title

Case of Birds (Shags)

A wooden case with glass front containing two birds:
1. Little Black Shag (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) - Also known as a little black cormorant.
2. Black Shag - Kawau-tua-whenua - (Phalacrocorax carbo) - also known as a great cormorant and a black cormorant.

Accession No

A64.927

Name/Title

Albatross, Light-mantled Sooty

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata). Head sooty brown. White ring around eyes. Back and under surface brownish grey. Wings and tail dark sooty brown. Most of the tail feathers missing. Bill black, the groove in the lower mandible painted blue.

Accession No

A64.932

Name/Title

Penguin, Erect-crested

An Erect-crested penguin (Eduyptes sclateri) specimen mounted on a plain black wooden exhibition mount.

Accession No

A64.933

Name/Title

Kiwi, North Island Brown

A female North Island brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis mantelli) with a grey-black head and neck, a dark back streaked with black, and paler grey-brown underparts. It has brown feet and a long slightly curved bill. It is mounted on a piece of rough wood.

Accession No

A64.953

Name/Title

Harrier, Australasian

A male Australasian Harrier (Circus approximans) specimen which has been mounted with a shining cuckoo under its claws while positioned on a short length of rounded wood.

Accession No

A64.959

Name/Title

Gull, Black-Backed

An immature black backed gull (Larus dominicanus) specimen mounted on a round wooden board in a standing position with wings closed.

Accession No

A64.961

Name/Title

Piopio

A piopio (South Island Thrush) (Turnagra capensis capensis) specimen mounted on a 'Y' shaped lichen covered branch.

Accession No

A64.988

Name/Title

Shearwater, Sooty

Puffinus griseus. A sooty shearwater with a blackish brown upper surface . The tail wing primaries and secondaries are black. Under surface greyish brown. The bill is slate brown. It is mounted on a rectangular piece of rough timber - wings are closed and it is seated slightly with its webbed feet at the front.

Accession No

A70.651

Name/Title

Skin, Snake

A shed snake skin. The incomplete light brown skin is broken in two pieces with long scales lying transversely on the ventral side. There are small circular and oval scales on the dorsal side and cream skin on the interconnecting scales.

Accession No

A70.678

Name/Title

Wrybill

A wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) specimen mounted on a rounded wooden base.

Accession No

A70.746

Name/Title

Duck, Blue

A male blue duck / whio (Hymenolaimus malacorhychos) specimen mounted on a piece of wood.

Accession No

A70.755

Name/Title

Godwit, Eastern Bar-Tailed

A female eastern bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica baueri) specimen in winter plumage. The specimen is mounted on a wooden base with its head cocked to one side.

Accession No

A70.770

Name/Title

Tīeke

A tīeke (South Island Saddleback) (Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus) specimen mounted on a branch.

Accession No

A70.782

Name/Title

Kōkako, North Island

A North Island kōkako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni) specimen mounted on a piece of wood together with a South Island kōkako.

Accession No

A70.784

Name/Title

Kōkako, South Island

A South Island kōkako (Callaeas cinerea) mounted on a piece of wood together with a North Island kōkako.

Accession No

A70.785

Name/Title

Creeper, Brown

A brown creeper (Finschia novaeseelandiae). The upper surface is brown and tinged with grey on the hind neck and rump. The tail is orange/brown with a dark brown band. The under surface is white streaked with beige and grey. The specimen is mounted on a stick inserted into a dark wooden base. It is mounted with its wings and tail spread.

Accession No

A70.791

Name/Title

Egret, Little

A little Egret (Egretta garzetta immaculata). The entire plumage is white and it has fine long dorsal plumes and shorter ones on the foreneck. It is mounted in a standing position with wings closed and feet together on a piece of black wood.

Accession No

A70.799

Name/Title

Skull, Royal Albatross

A skull and mandible of a Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora).

Accession No

A78.532

Name/Title

Skull, Pukeko

A skull and mandible of a Pukeko Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus. Mandible mounted on wood. Skull labelled "11 ".

Accession No

A78.550

Name/Title

Shag, Spotted

A Spotted Shag mounted on a 'rock' like surface, covered with shells. It has pale grey and brown colourings and the wing feathers have a black spot at the tip. It is mounted in a standing position with the wings closed and the bill slightly open.

Accession No

A83.596

Name/Title

Blue Penguin, Northern

Eudyptula Minor. A Northern Blue Penguin ( korara ) mounted on a piece of wood with the flippers mounted out from the body. The feet have been painted pink.

Accession No

A83.601