Collecting exotic animals and birds was a passion of the founder.
The office collected birds and distributed them further.
Every spring, they visited the island to collect both eggs and birds.
Theodore Roosevelt collected birds and animals there as a young boy, when his family rented the estate in the summer.
He made several expeditions to collect birds both on health leave and where work took him.
As well as shooting big game, he collected birds and butterflies.
Yesterday, city health officials continued collecting dead birds, which they had started to do on Friday.
Gould had a wonderful time collecting birds and beasts.
His first expedition was to Colombia in 1894 where he collected insects and birds.
For the first year they settled in a villa near the city, collecting birds and insects.