The story of Pittsburgh: Education

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623714

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241132

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Education

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 14

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Department of the museum

Collection:: Economics Books

organized. This section covers mammals, birds, reptiles, and fishes. The mammals are on the second and third floors. The museum has about 6,000 mammals, representing nearly 2,000 species. Here are the mammals collected by Childs Frick in British East Africa and Abyssinia, part of the Roosevelt East African collection, and many other notable collections made in both hemispheres. Among the many groups may be mentioned the zebras, giraffes, wart-hogs, African buffaloes, antelopes, Buxton’s koodoos, all shot by Childs Frick; the group of bears (Ursus gyas) obtained at Pavlov Bay, Alaska; the group of jaguars killed by John M. Phillips in Mexico; the group of black rhinoceroses, one shot by Colonel Roosevelt, the other by Childs Frick; the group of Steller’s sea-lions; and the group of Alaskan fur-seals. One of the ornaments of the gallery is the white rhinoceros brought from Lado by the English traveler, Major Cotton, many years before Colonel Roosevelt visited that spot. Another interesting group is “The Camel Driver Attacked by Lions,” by Jules Verreaux, awarded a gold medal at the World's Fair in Paris in 1869. This was the first speci- men owned by the American Museum of Natural History and was subsequently turned over to the Carnegie Museum. Among the important American groups are those of the Alaskan brown bear, the black bear, and the white-tailed deer from Pennsylvania. The gallery of birds is located on the first floor of the museum. The study collection is on the third floor. The museum has over 90,000 specimens representing over 6,000 species. There are many beautiful groups, among them “Count Noble,” the ancestor of the finest setter-dogs in America, putting up a covey of quails; a group of vultures settling upon the dead body of a wapiti;a group representing the pelicans on Pelican Island; and many others. A series of small habitat groups of birds has been planned. Three of these groups have been completed: the horned owl, northern raven, and blue goose. As a whole the collection of birds is one of the most im- portant in the new world. The celebrated Buller Collection,

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