Re: FW: [canberrabirds] Gould had an appetite for birds

[Martin Butterfield <>]

Geoffrey 

Obviously by 1861 the idea that Swallows spent the UK Winter in the mud of ponds had lost favour.  In what year/decade was that idea abandoned in favour of "flying to Africa"?

Martin Butterfield

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On 31 December 2017 at 09:35, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:

One of my most interesting bird memories was flying to and from South Africa many years ago (on work, business class) and being served Emu on Qantas, going, and Ostrich on South African Airways on the way back.  No doubt young birds, farmed, in each case.  The best catalogue of Australian birds to be shot for the table is HW Wheelwright's 'Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist' (1861).  He confesses, however: 'Where the snipes spend the winter and breed, no one seems to know'.

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From: Con Boekel [
Sent: Saturday, 30 December 2017 8:43 PM
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Subject: Gould had an appetite for birds

Then and now.


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/30/pecking-order-how-john-gould-dined-out-on-the-birds-of-australia