Before someone corrects me, I was not quite right in my comment
below. It is good to correct this with I have noticed that the index to Ian
Fraser & Jeannie Gray’s book does include many of the alternate names, so
there is an option to begin a search with those odd names. Whether the ones in
the below list are included, someone else can look for.
Philip
From: Birding-Aus [
On Behalf Of Philip Veerman Sent: Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
9:36 AM To: 'Gary Wright'; 'Terrill Nordstrom'; 'Birding-Aus'
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Old bird names
Cayley’s “What bird is that” also has a lot of alternate names.
Also Ian Fraser & Jeannie Gray’s book Australian Bird Names. Although in
each case, you would need to start by knowing the current name of something you
suspect it may be and then see if your unknown alternative is given under that.
About short billed crow, Philippines has 2 species called
Large-billed & Slender –billed Crow. Could be a connection of association
of names, I am not imagining those species. Slander is probably slender.
Philip
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 23:22, Terrill Nordstrom <>
wrote:
In my isolation confinement I have been doing some research
on Margaret Menzies who lived in the Jamberoo region of N.S.W. from 1839 till 1860.
She was a lover of birds and recorded the birds in the area. Unfortunately her
journal has been lost and all that has survived is a two page list. This list
has only old common names of birds and a number of these names I am having
trouble in identifying. I am hoping that someone out in the birding world may
have some Idea on which birds she was referring to. The bird names are listed
as;
Swallows, Blue billed or spotted Swallow
Thrushes, Ant or short billed crow, Blue
Flycatchers, White fronted, Black throated, Fantailed
Slander billed Honeyeater
Parrots, Blue, buff and yellow grass, Crimson fronted
paroquet, Green beaked paroquet.
Pigeons, Emerald amaranth (she had listed green dove also)
she also listed ground hen (she also had lyrebird and brush turkey so I am not
sure what a ground hen is. All of the birds were recorded in the Illawarra
region. Thanks and good luck in working them out.
Regards Terrill
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