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At first glance, these are three birds collected by Meinertzhagen. But with the hallmarks of two different collectors. Suspicions aroused, Robert took a more forensic approach. Now, here is an example of an Xray of the redpull specimens that are in the tray here. And the three Meinertzhagen specimens correspond to the three Xrays in the top lefthand corner. These two that you say were prepared by the same person and a different person to this one. It' s completely obvious, isn' t it? Completely different bones, bones of the head are different. And this has got a wooden pole. A wooden support stick, which is quite commonly used in the making of bird skins. But not in these ones? Not in there. There' s no support stick in these. They' re amazing. It' s so obvious. These two are almost completely identical, aren' t they? But when Robert looked at the Xrays of other redpull skins in the museum collections, it became clear exactly what Meinertzhagen was up to. |
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zhà yī kàn, zhèi xiē niǎo jūn wèi mài nà cí hā gēn de shōu cáng. dàn shì què jù yǒu liǎng zhǒng bù tóng de tè zhēng, rén men kāi shǐ qǐ yí luó bó tè cǎi qǔ le yī xué shǒu fǎ lái yàn zhèng. zhè shì tuō pán zhōng suǒ yǒu zhū dǐng què biāo běn de X guāng piàn, zhè sān ge shì mài nà cí hā gēn de biāo běn. duì yìng yú zuǒ shàng jiǎo de sān ge X guāng chéng xiàng, nǐ shuō zhè liǎng gè biāo běn shì yóu tóng yí ge rén zhì zuò de. ér zhè gè shì yóu lìng yí ge rén zhì zuò de zhè hěn míng xiǎn a. jié rán bù tóng de gú tou jié rán bù tóng de tóu bù, zhè lǐ yǒu gè mù tou kǒng. yí gè mù zhì de zhī chēng gān, zài zhì zuò niǎo lèi biāo běn shí hěn cháng jiàn. dàn zhèi xiē biāo běn zhōng méi yǒu ma méi yǒu zhī chēng gān. tài shén qí le chā bié jìng rán rú cǐ míng xiǎn, zhè liǎng zhǒng jī hū wán quán yí yàng, duì ba? dàn dāng luó bó tè guān chá bó wù guǎn shōu cáng zhōng, qí tā zhū dǐng què biāo běn de X guāng piàn, jiù míng bái le mài nà cí hā gēn de yīn móu. |