I know I know, we are not supposed to advertise on this net,
but I have had a book come into my possession which I think may be of interest
to people with an in interest in the more historical side of ornithology.
It is a 1950 edition of “ An
Australian Bird Book” by Dr J.A. Leach, published by Whitcombe &
Tombs of Melbourne. This is
presumably the Leach after which Leach’s Storm-Petrel was named (?).
The book of 200 pages has a foreword (
memoirs) about Dr Leach by Charles Barrett before going into Leach’s
descriptions and pictures of Australia’s
birds which contain many variants in common names and species classification.
Any offers ? Contact me privately please.
Tony Russell
