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3 unusual facts about Walter Buller


Snares Penguin

A description written by Hutton and an illustration done by Keulemans in Buller’s “A History of the Birds of New Zealand” are evidence that this is the same penguin previously identified by Hutton.

South Island Piopio

Staatliches Museum Dresden 16657, 16658, 16659, 16660, 16661; five spirit specimens purchased from Walter Buller's collection, received in 1899,

Walter Buller

Buller was the author of A History of the Birds of New Zealand (1872–1873, 2nd ed. 1887–1888), with illustrations by John Gerrard Keulemans and Henrik Grönvold.



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