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Buff-banded Rail, MARTIN PLACE, Sydney

To: "Evan Beaver" <>
Subject: Buff-banded Rail, MARTIN PLACE, Sydney
From: "Alistair McKeough" <>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:17:41 +1100
The specimen is now safely in the hands of the Australian Museum.

No need to freeze it as I think it had only very recently shuffled off this
mortal coil.

Alistair

On 02/04/2008, Evan Beaver <> wrote:
>
> Just called a taxidermist to get a quote: about $350. But you need a
> license from NPWS to allow you to stuff a protected species.
>
> Carol: I recall you had a Powerful corpse delivered to you a little
> while ago. How did that go? Anyone else had a look at this before?
>
> EB
>
>
> On 4/2/08, Alistair McKeough <> wrote:
> > This morning on the way to work I found a deceased Buff-banded Rail in
> > Martin Place (between the ANZ Bank and Henry Davis York, for those who
> know
> > the area).
> >
> > The corpse is in very good condition, has no stiffening and shows no
> obvious
> > signs of disease or injury to my untrained eye.
> >
> > I will deliver it to the Australian Museum this morning.
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> Evan Beaver
> Lapstone, Blue Mountains, NSW
> lat=-33.77, lon=150.64
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