And I've just bought a copy too. I am delighted with it It is a lovely
book, taking one back to the early days of birding in Australia. And
from his pictures it is obvious that Lewin was a first-class observer of
real live birds, - just look at his Shrike-Tit - and of insects as well.
I had no idea that the specific name of the Cup-moth *vulnerans* went
back so far. Obviously someone found out the hard way about its stinging
capacities in its caterpillar form (I always called this a "Chinese
Junk" in Melbourne but it used to be a "Bondi Tram" in Sydney, but last
week a young boy told me it was a "Bulldozer".)
Anthea Fleming
On 12/04/2012 6:50 PM, Robert Inglis wrote:
So, nobody was interested in there being a brand new book (with many wonderful
reproductions of the artwork of a
number of wildlife artists) by an Australian author about John William
Lewin whose name is (possibly, but dependant
on the whims of re-classifiers) immortalised in the species names as
well as the common names of two (as far as I can tell)
of Australia’s (my) birds.
Ahhh....well..........
Bob Inglis
Sandstone Point
Qld
PS: I paid full price for my copy and I am happy to promote it without
receiving any kickback.
Sent from my new personally designed and assembled desktop PC.
===============================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
http://birding-aus.org
===============================
===============================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
http://birding-aus.org
===============================
|
