Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 32

Whitney Mall olds World's Greatest i Bird Collection EgeaBSMeiasjrrjrwsaeeBPoyra cv SNOW MOUNTAINS BIRDS The eight-story Whitney wing of the American Museum of Natural History officially opened its doors yesterday to show visitors a fabuluos collection of birds complete with their habitats habits and histories Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney a familiar figure on Long Island dedicated the budding' the joint gift of the bte Harry Payne Whitney and the City of New Vorlc The building houses Whitney Memorial Hall of Pacific Bird Life devoted exclusively to the exhibition research and storage of birds the only building of its Lind in the world and Sanford Han of Biology of Birds On five other floors are displayed bird specimens among them the famous Rothschild collection acquired by Mrs Harry Payne Whitney and her children from New Guinea above three alpine lorries perch on a tree branch and watch two wattled birds of paradise beneath They are among the 30000 birds brought from the fccific area in Whitney South Seas Expeditions carried -on for 20 years Total number of specimens housed in the new $1500000 building is 800000 all displayed realistically as they would be seen in their natural habitat -Al ir Wat PACIFIC ISLAND off the coast of Peru where guano used as fertilizer comes from is depicted here and draws a pair of visitors 1 SETTING THE SCENE for the display of Lale Brunner New Zealand birds-are Lewis Brown left and Reginald Sayre pceparaton at Whitney Memorial Hall Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.