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MR. WILLIAM MARK PYBUS, who died on January 4, was born on April 10, 1851. He was an eminent lawyer in Newcastle-on-Tyne, and he devoted his spare time to natural history, mainly to ornithology. His collection of eggs is well known to ornithologists and is in many respects unique. It numbers about 40,000, and is perhaps the most complete in existence. The many duplicate specimens of the same species were selected with great care to illustrate variation with especial reference to the eggs of the guillemot and the razor bill, and variations also with regard to locality. In all cases a complete record is given of the time and the place of collection, and the specimens are in a perfect state of preservation. In one case, at least, the collection includes an interesting clutch resulting from a cross between the black cock and the common fowl, and it illustrates the effects grouped under the term “hybrid oology.”
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M., A. Mr. W. M. Pybus. Nature 113, 169 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113169a0
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