HOKITIKA MUSEUM

Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1923, Page 4

HOKITIKA MUSEUM

A NATURALIST'S I’RAISE. Mr A. R. Sharkey of Ross, ju a letter to Air J. Drummond, a Christchurch naturalist. praise Mr G. Woods’s work as honorary curator of the museum in the Hokitika Carnegie library. Mr Sharkey, who is an enthusiastic bird-lover and a capable observer, lias a great store of information n- to the habit... of native fir,). He 0.-,,a11v -un.Js note- to M, 'l'monil. uhn states that they ,nv amongst the best notes sent in by several thousand eorrespondenis in all Paris ol New Zealand and the following are Mr Sharkeys refereic-e to ibe ilokttik;, .Museum in his Tun-st letter to Mr I)rumniond : Mr (ieorge Woods. Coral >r of the Hokitika M Msciim. has installed a beautiful case o| exhibits and they are the

finest mounted s; ccimcus of birds [ have -ecu. Anyone who wants jo see sum of our native birds true to life, pat i ifular!\- the long-taile l ctickeo. shining cuckoo anti tui. should pay our loe-tI rnuseuiu it visit anti .Mr Winds has spared neither time nor money to icliov.'tte and stock the museum. He has another case full of foreign l.iids ready to he mounteil. also nnimals. insi-ets ami a ma'-'nifieenl collce tion of I-iiricrllit s. The following is a l : -t of ihe new exhibit-: Indian Buck (black nntoloi el. Wallaroo fspeeics of Vustrnlinn wallaby). i. -iie-tailcd Cuckoo (litit) a superb exhibit. Shining Cuckoo. Hooded Pheasant (Chinese!. Ptfie Bird (Victorian). Pectoral Bail (West Const X.X nonextinct). T\ing-fishe- (X'cw Zealand). Starlings, pair (English). .V-isv Pitta (New. South Wales) sipterli. Bogcnt Bird (pair X.S. Wales). Spoonbill Ducks (New Zealand). Paradise Ducks (pair, Now Zealand). Ken (Now Zealand). Plover (English). Galnh Parrot (Australia). Long Thrush (English). Penguin, white flippered (.Vow Zealand). Bed Bill (New Zealand). Seiigull (common white-breasted New Zealand.) Sharp-tailed grouse (American). l’uffle Grouse (American). Besplendiint Troian (a superb exhibit 1. Bird of Paradise Lessons (New Guinea) superb. Blue-billed Lorrikeet (Tasmania) -m----porb. Tail of Australian Lyre Bird. \ i.s d....i.. i>,

-Ansi rimji u i'nrc.Mipine. Hlnrk Snake Skin sft. (Australia!. The billowing are the birds egos-.. Xew Zealand Sparrow Hawk. Wren, k'.nitail, (loldeye. Red-head I’arrot. Wckn (native lien). Oa.nne:. Ka Tva. Malio !\fako (Bell Bird). Tern and Lark. Also Ostrich (Africa) and Rmu (Australia). This grand exhibit is nearly all in one ease with three exceptions.. Mr Woods is busy renovating, cleaning and fumigating all the old exhibits. There is a splendid exhibit of mineral and auriferous specimens from Australia. New Zealand and other parts of the world. When Mr Woods has completed his improvements, the Hokitika Carnegie Library will possess one j of the finest little natural history Museums in the Dominion. The greatest credit is due to him. ns he is giving his time and money gratis to these ini- j provements. in a great measure for the ; benefit of our rising generation.” i