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The Cheeseman-Ward correspondence (1878–1905) and exchanges of natural history specimens between Auckland Museum and H.A. Ward of Rochester, N.Y by Gill, B.J., Grenfell, H.R.

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Super D-Gun by Gill, B.J

“…MORE than thirty years ago, Union Carbide invented a device based on detonating gas mixtures of oxygen and acetylene for making coatings from fine powders. The…”
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Charles De Kempeneer (c.1852–1884), preparator: one of Auckland Museum’s earliest employees by Gill, B.J.

“…Henry Ward, the American businessman and trader in natural history specimens, visited Auckland Museum in 1881 and subsequently helped the museum to recruit a…”
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An overview of the archived papers of T.F. Cheeseman, Auckland Museum’s curator from 1874 to 1923 by Gill, B.J., Collett, M.R., Lorimer, Elizabeth

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The Moa Fauna (Aves: Dinornithiformes) of the Auckland and Coromandel Regions, New Zealand by Gill, B.J., Furey, Louise, Ash, Emma

“…We examined museum collections to compile a list of all known moa remains collected within the Auckland area and Coromandel Peninsula (North Island, New…”
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An overview of the archived papers of T.F. Cheeseman, Auckland Museum’s curator from 1874 to 1923 by Gill, B.J., Collett, M.R., Lorimer, Elizabeth

“…The botanist Thomas Frederick Cheeseman F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.N.Z.I. (1845–1923) ran Auckland Museum for 49 years and presided over its development from an…”
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The Cheeseman-Ward correspondence (1878–1905) and exchanges of natural history specimens between Auckland Museum and H.A. Ward of Rochester, N.Y by Gill, B.J., Grenfell, H.R., Blom, W.M.

“…Henry Ward, of Ward’s Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A., visited Auckland in March 1881 (and again in November 1896) where he met Thomas…”
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MR ST JOHN'S COLLECTION OF MOUNTED BIRDS FROM NELSON, NEW ZEALAND, c. 1856 by Gill, B.J.

“…Between December 1853 and January 1857, a Mr 1. St John on seven occasions sold specimens of birds, fish and "sundry" items to the recently-formed Auckland…”
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The Indian herpetological collections of Charles McCann by Gill, B.J., Froggatt, J.M.A.

“…The land vertebrates department at Auckland Museum holds a collection of 541 Indian amphibians and reptiles accumulated by Y.M.C. McCann (1899-1980) between…”
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Records of sea-kraits (Serpentes: Laticaudidae: Laticauda) in New Zealand by Gill, B.J., Whitaker, A.H.

“…There are 11 known records of sea-kraits (Laticauda spp.) in New Zealand, reported between 1880 and 2011. A review of these records shows that three species…”
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EDITORIAL by Early, J.W., Pereira, P.F., Gill, B.J.

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Evan Graham Turbott M.Sc., Q.S.O. Ornithologist, museum director – 1914–2014 by Gill, B.J., Thwaites, I.G., Wolfe, R.J.

“…Honours the former Director of Auckland War Memorial Museum. Emphasises his museum career and lists his museum-related publications. Notes honours received and…”
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Walter Oliver Cernohorsky F.L.S. Surveyor, malacologist – 1927–2014 by Thwaites, I.G., Gill, B.J., Blom, W.

“…Pays tribute to the Czech-born former malacologist at Auckland Museum. Lists the species of molluscs described by Cernohorsky during his malacological career…”
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New Zealand Mesozoic marine reptiles in the Auckland Museum collection by Gill, B.J., Eagle, M.K.

“…Specimens of New Zealand Mesozoic (mainly Late Cretaceous) marine reptiles (ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs) in the Auckland War Memorial Museum land…”
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C.F. ADAMS—AN AMERICAN TAXIDERMIST AT AUCKLAND MUSEUM, 1885-86 by Gill, B.J.

“…In the early 1880s, H. A. Ward, an American dealer in natural history specimens, helped Auckland Museum to recruit a taxidermist—CF. Adams—who was trained at…”
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J.C. McLEAN'S COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND AND FOREIGN BIRDS' EGGS by Gill, B.J., Taylor, Michael J.

“…The egg collection of John Chambers McLean (1871-1918), a farmer from Poverty Bay, New Zealand, is held at Auckland Museum, along with a few study-skins,…”
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G.A. BUDDLE'S COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND AND CANTON ISLAND BIRDS' EGGS by Gill, B.J., Taylor, Michael J.

“…The birds'-egg collection of Major Geoffrey Armstrong Buddie (1887-1951) is held in the land vertebrates section at Auckland Museum. As currently registered,…”
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A CATALOGUE OF MOA EGGS (AVES: DINORNITHIFORMES) by Gill, B.J.

“…There are 36 moa eggs whole enough, or sufficiently reconstructed, to permit accurate measurement of size (length or width). They are held at eight museums in…”
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Morphological variation of Emoia murphyi (Lacertilia: Scincidae) on islands of the southwest Pacific by Zug, George R., Gill, B.J.

“…We examined variation in measurements and scalation of 114 specimens of Murphy's tree skink Emoia murphyi from five island groups of the southwest Pacific. In…”
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TYPE SPECIMENS OF AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES, BIRDS AND MAMMALS IN THE AUCKLAND INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM by Gill, B.J.

“…Included in the natural history collections of the Auckland Institute and Museum are type specimens pertaining to 34 species or subspecies of amphibians,…”
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