Dear All,
This may may be of interest to some on the list.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
Begin forwarded message:
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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