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Birds

4 records about Christchurch, the oldest first. A thin file, this is every record the archive has from the masthead, not the paper’s own run. The originals live at Papers Past, where each row links.

On this shelf
4
records
By size
#206
of 278 mastheads
Reaches
2008–2008
  1. Rook, Corvus frugilegus, , Birds
  2. Mute Swan, Cygnus olor, , Birds
  3. Northern Giant Petrel, Macronectes halli, , Birds
  4. Paradise Shelduck, Tadorna variegata, , Birds

Printing beside it

The mastheads whose runs overlap this one’s, the shelf’s own contemporaries.

Plants 1889–2009 · 469 · Greg O’Beirne collection 2004–2011 · 437 · Natural Science 1893–2009 · 415 · 2025 Photo Hunt 1900–2025 · 49 · Heritage buildings documentation 2001–2011 · 41 · 2022 Photo Hunt 1860–2016 · 32 · Shrove Tuesday in Cathedral Square 2008 · 13 · UC QuakeStudies 2008–2016 · 11

Questions, answered briefly

What was the Birds?

A newspaper on the Papers Past shelf, the archive holds 4 of its records that mention Christchurch, 2008. The full run lives at the National Library, not here.

How much of the Birds does the archive hold?

4 records, the #206 heaviest file of the 278 mastheads on the shelf. A thin file, every record it has, not the paper’s own run.

Where are the Birds originals?

Papers Past, the National Library’s newspaper archive, every record row here links out to the issue it came from.

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