Hints on the formation of local museums / by the Treasurer of the Wimbledon Museum Committee [i.e. Joseph Toynbee].

  • Toynbee, Joseph, 1815-1866.
Date:
1863
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Hints on the formation of local museums / by the Treasurer of the Wimbledon Museum Committee [i.e. Joseph Toynbee]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reptiles.—Frogs, the stages of their development from egg to tadpole, and per- fect animal; toads, newts, efts, snakes. Birds.—Stuffed, and their skeletons ; the plumage of male and female, at dif- ferent periods of the year ; their nests and eggs. It would also be of interest to com- pare the skeletons of a house-sparrow, hedgesparrow, robin, wren ; also their food. Mammalia.—Stuffed, and their skele- tons. It would, for example, be interest- ing to compare the skeletons of a bat, mole, rat, stoat, weasel, squirrel, hedgehog. [d] Antiquities. The vicinity of Wimbledon having been the site of one or more ancient camps and abbeys, it would be interesting to have drawings or photographs of them or speci- mens of relics. In addition to objects of interest (to speak generally), a local Museum should