Article ID: CBB842105374

Hamilton Mack Laing's specimen of a whooping crane, Grus americana (2021)

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Hamilton Mack Laing, a hunter-naturalist, taught in rural schools in southwestern Manitoba, Canada, from 1901 to 1911. He collected a whooping crane (Grus americana) near Whitewater Lake in 1905, which he later regretted when the species's decline and rarity were becoming recognized. Although suggested otherwise, there is no evidence that Laing collected more than one whooping crane.

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Authors & Contributors
Larsson, Eleanor
Matthew Fishburn
Poppy Nicol
Ian J. Mason
Lauren Gardiner
Mark Nesbitt
Concepts
Collectors and collecting
Biological specimens
Birds
Natural history
Specimen exchange
Collections
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
18th century
Places
London (England)
Australia
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Tasmania (Australia)
Galapagos Islands
Institutions
Rohschild Museum (England)
California Academy of Sciences
London Zoo
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (University of California, Berkeley)
Zoological Society of London
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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