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Edgar P. Chance

Born January 1, 1881 · Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK

Died October 24, 1955 · aged 74

Edgar Percival Chance was a British businessman, ornithologist and oologist who amassed a collection of 25,000 birds' eggs.

Known For

Busy BeesBusy Bees · 1926
Busy Bees
1926
MovieDocumentary
These pictures show the marvellous industry of the Bee, the ingenuity it exercises in making its home, and the ordered programme of life that it appears to follow.
The Cuckoo's SecretThe Cuckoo's Secret · 1922
The Cuckoo's Secret
1922
MovieDocumentary
The film shows a cuckoo caught in the act of laying an egg in the nest of two titlarks. The egg is hatched by the foster-mother, and she and her mate feed and tend the young cuckoo, even to the detriment of their own chicks.
Skilled Insect ArtisansSkilled Insect Artisans · 1922
Skilled Insect Artisans
1922
MovieDocumentary
The pictures show how the ailanthus silkmoth and the red admiral spin silk and weave a cocoon, and the way in which the change from caterpillar to moth is affected.

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