Taxidermy case of adult male and adult female Common Merganser by Edward Hart.
Taxidermy case of adult male and adult female Common Merganser. According to Edward Hart, writing on 21 April 1927, 'Left (no 1): adult female, December 24th 1879; right (no 2): adult male, February 14th 1882. Both shot by me - no 1 at Dudmoor, Christchurch, no 2 at Crooked Acre, River Avon, Christchurch. Sexes differ; summer and winter plumage the same. Mounted by me'.
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