Having recently read and enjoyed the Birdmans Wife by Melissa Ashley and to
learn more about the Gould’s travels in Australia in 1838/39 I have been
visiting the National Library for research purposes.
Of particular interest to me was the regent honeyeaters, then known as the
warty faced h.e., gold and black h.e. or gold and black bee eater.
Apparently , it was very common with similar habits to the current noisy miner
population.
No doubt all the information contained in Gould’s famous Birds of Australia ( 8
volumes ) is now in digitalised form and can be readily accessed on the web.
However, perhaps for the older generation, I do wish to share my pleasure
around in this forum, and recommend first hand inspections of these truly
wonderful works of art, in glorious colour printed way back in 1848.
Sent from my iPad
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