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Peregrine hit and miss...

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Subject: Peregrine hit and miss...
From: Andrew Taylor <>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:15:51 +1000
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:41:54AM +1000, Evan Beaver wrote:
> It's a surprisingly common name:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond
> I was wondering who the original Lord Richmond or Lady Richmond was,
> but no luck.

A little lunchtime googling turned up a couple of interesting articles
on Alan the Red who brought the name Richmond to the English language:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2603983.ece
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-486221/1066-invader-Britains-wealthiest-man-history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Le_Roux

Birds of Sydney suggests Diamond Dove reached Sydney in the past (1897,
1942) but recent sightings are most likely aviary escapees.  It is a
species that you wonder if it could be another dry-inland invader of
the city.


Andrew

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