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Sir Hans Sloane's Bird Collection.

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MOTHER NATURE: Sloane collected many birds from Jamaica during his trip from 1687-1689 including a Bird of Paradise, a pair of emeral green tody and the skull of a large rhinoceos hornbill.

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