bird collections
...that prior to the development of binoculars, bird collections, collections consisting of birds and parts of their anatomy, were the dominant method of bird observation and study among ornithologists?
...that prior to the development of <a href="./Binoculars" id="mwA7E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Binoculars">binoculars</a>, <b id="mwA7I"><a href="./Bird_collections" id="mwA7M" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bird collections">bird collections</a></b>, collections consisting of birds and parts of their <a href="./Anatomy" id="mwA7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anatomy">anatomy</a>, were the dominant method of <a href="./Bird" id="mwA7U" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bird">bird</a> observation and study among <a href="./Ornithology" id="mwA7Y" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ornithology">ornithologists</a>?