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Macintosh Picture Format  |  1996-09-10  |  190.4 KB  |  640x310  |  8-bit (215 colors)
   ocr: - Diorama Frank M. Chapman, who actually saw the scene recreated here. Under Chapman's direction, the Museum's bird collection grew to one of the greatest in the world, and now holds ninety-nine percent of all known species of birds (about 9,100 different kinds). Moreover, Chapman introduced the idea of habitat groups that depict authentic locations (here, the Palisades across the Hudson River from upper Manhattan, where he saw three pairs of nesting peregrines). He was also a leader in the study of bird speciation and distribution in the Western Hemisphere. 25