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Name/Title

Swim bladder, Porcupine fish

A dried inflated bilobed swim bladder from a porcupine fish species. It is a golden colour with darker markings. The bladder is hollow and light.

Accession No

A100.553

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

Andesite

A small fragment of andesite that is flat on the bottom and rounded on top. The rock is a pinkish colour with flecks of white and black rock. It has a glittery appearance.

Accession No

A100.661

Name/Title

Quartz

A half rounded rock broken in half. The internal cavity is lined with purple quartz crystals.

Accession No

A100.715

Name/Title

Obsidian

A irregular shaped piece of Obsidian. It it black and some parts are shinny.

Accession No

A100.719

Name/Title

Pyrite

A small fragment of pyrite with gold. It has a metallic lustre.

Accession No

A100.788

Name/Title

Amethyst

A fragment of amethyst (purple quartz). The larger rocks on the top have a purple colouration.

Accession No

A100.811

Name/Title

Quartz

A small cluster of white quartz crystals.

Accession No

A100.827

Name/Title

Sample, Rock

A small irregular shaped mineral. It is a cobalt blue colour and is likely to be copper ore.

Accession No

A100.834

Name/Title

Sample, Rock

A small irregular shaped volcanic rock. It has a porous texture suggesting gas bubbles from when it was lava.

Accession No

A100.854

Name/Title

Egg, Ostrich

A large ostrich egg. The egg is cream coloured with black speckles. There is a hole at one end of the egg.

Accession No

A102.233

Name/Title

Egg, Ostrich

A large ostrich egg. The egg is cream coloured golden markings. There is a hole at one end of the egg.

Accession No

A102.234

Name/Title

Egg, Ostrich

A large ostrich egg. The egg is cream coloured with black speckles. There is a hole at one end of the egg.

Accession No

A102.235

Name/Title

Egg, Ostrich

A large ostrich egg. The egg is cream coloured golden markings. There is a hole at either end of the egg.

Accession No

A102.236

Name/Title

Egg, Ostrich

A large ostrich egg. The egg is cream coloured. There is a hole at one end of the egg. A piece of string is tied to a bit of wood inside the egg.

Accession No

A102.237

Name/Title

Egg, Emu

A Emu egg. It is large and oval shaped. It is a dark grey and brown colour. It has a small hole at one end of the egg.

Accession No

A102.238

Name/Title

Egg, Emu

A Emu egg. It is large and oval shaped. It is a dark grey colour. It has a small hole at one end of the egg.

Accession No

A102.239

Name/Title

Egg, Emu

A Emu egg. It is large and oval shaped. It is a dark grey colour. It has a small hole at either end of the egg.

Accession No

A102.240

Name/Title

Egg, Emu

A Emu egg. It is large and oval shaped. It is a dark grey colour. It has a small hole at either end of the egg.

Accession No

A102.241

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