A lovely taxidermy Golden Plover. Juvenile female, England 1910. From the selling James Harrison Collection. With full provenance.

A full mount juvenile female Golden Plover, stood upon a painted faux rock base selling.

With attached data label - Golden Plover, Female Juvenile, 14th 9th 1910, Rye, Sussex

Attached handwritten data label also includes details of what was in the birds stomach when captured including shells and stones.

23cm x 21cm

James Maurice Harrison (1892-1971) was an ornithologist and one of the last great bird collectors, who gathered large numbers of specimens to study moult patterns, distribution, geographical and colour variation within and between species. A GP by profession, Harrison filled his family home and Doctor's Surgery, Bowerwood House in Kent,with his extraordinary collection. This is one of those specimins, now available for sale.

The European Golden Plover, also known as the European golden-plover, Eurasian golden plover, or just the golden plover within Europe, is a largish plover.

All our items are vintage, antique or natural history and as such may have imperfections or variations. This has a small repair mark to the back of the neck.

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