Some authorities considered the Sanford's Bowerbird as a subspecies of the Archbold's Bowerbird.
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From 1893-1914, he contributed nearly $6,000,000 for eight buildings, including the full cost of the Archbold Stadium (opened 1907, demolished 1978; the Carrier Dome was built on this site), Sims Hall (men's dormitory, 1907), the Archbold Gymnasium (1909, nearly destroyed by fire in 1947, but still in use), and the oval athletic field.
Rawnsley's Bowerbird, rare intergeneric hybrid between the Satin Bowerbird and Regent Bowerbird
It was described and illustrated (as Ptilonorhynchus rawnsleyi) in the same year by Silvester Diggles in Part 15 of his three-volume work The Ornithology of Australia.
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The specimen disappeared prior to 1950 and a second example was not recorded until sightings and photographic evidence of another bird were obtained in November 2003 and January 2004 at Beechmont, South East Queensland, adjacent to the Lamington National Park.
A year later, due to the success of his company, he moved to a larger facility in Archbold, Ohio, the same town where he was born.
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