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Fwd: [OB] Disclosure of YIO specimen database

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Subject: Fwd: [OB] Disclosure of YIO specimen database
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:19:40 +1100
Dear All,

This may may be of interest to some on the list.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford

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From: Hiraoka Takashi <>
Date: 14 January 2011 11:03:05 PM
To: *orientalbirding <>
Subject: [OB] Disclosure of YIO specimen database

Dear Oriental birders and ornithologists,

Greetings from Japan.

We are glad to announce that the English language version of the bird
specimen database of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology is now
disclosed on the internet. It now covers study and mounted skins.

Entrance

http://www.yamashina.or.jp/hp/english/toppage.html

Brief summary of the database

http://decochan.net/index.php?p=0

How to use the database

http://decochan.net/index.php?p=1#method

Following are some examples of rare specimens from the database.

Holoype specimen of the Crested Shelduck Tadorna cristata

http://decochan.net/index.php?p=2&o=ssp&id=4393

Holotype specimen of the Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae

http://decochan.net/index.php?p=2&o=ssp&id=9025

The last specimen of the extinct Ryukyu Woodpigeon Columba jouyi

http://decochan.net/index.php?p=2&o=ssp&id=16111

Holotype specimen of Bonin Islands ssp. of the Buzzard B. buteo
toyoshimai

http://decochan.net/index.php?p=2&o=ssp&id=3019

Nordmann's Greenshank collected in 1938 in Sakhalin

http://decochan.net/index.php?p=2&o=ssp&id=11962

If you have any comments, inquiries or would like to report a bug,
please
let us know.

Best wishes,

Takashi

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Hiraoka Takashi
(family name)(given name)
Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
Konoyama 115, Abiko, Chiba Pref., Japan 270-1145
Phone:+81-4-7182-1101
Fax: +81-4-7182-1106
E-mail: 
Website: http://yamashina.or.jp/
Please visit YIO's English language website.
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