FLORA AND FAUNA
EXPLORATION IN BRITISH GUIANA
(British Offlei.il Wireless.) RUGBY, Gth December. The report of the Oxford University's Exploration Club's expedition, for the investigation of the flora and fauna of the tropical forests of British Guiana states that tho party was iii the bush for four months, and secured more new specimens than any previous exposition. The bird observers had posts in tree-tops 126 feet high, and the entymologists had platforms 135 feet high. The collection brought back includes more than 10,000 insects, 500 miscel» laneous invertebrates, S7 mammals,and over 200 -reptiles and birds.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 138, 9 December 1930, Page 9
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95FLORA AND FAUNA Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 138, 9 December 1930, Page 9
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