Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Polynesian Ground-Dove: Alive but Critically Endangered

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The Polynesian Ground-Dove ( Gallicolumba erythroptera ), thanks to the spread of the Black and Polynesian rats, domestic cats and loss of ...
Saturday, 27 October 2012

Donors of Reptiles to London Zoo 1915: 2. John C Dendy

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In the last post I described what I had found on Albert L de Lautreppe. This week, it is the turn of John C Dendy. This is what Clin Keeli...
Thursday, 18 October 2012

Donors of Reptiles to London Zoo 1915: 1. Albert L de Lautreppe

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Clinton Keeling (1932-2007) in the later years of his life published a number of his own books on the history of zoos and the keeping of wi...
Friday, 5 October 2012

Tubenoses and Salt Glands: Up to a Point Mr Packham

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Chris Packham, in BBC’s Springwatch Guide to Sea Birds , discussed the tubular extensions to the nostrils of petrels (Procellariiformes). H...
Thursday, 6 September 2012

Olympic Nerves

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I am sure psychologists would be able to pick out those who have ever been students of comparative anatomy by asking what comes into mind wh...
Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Tuamotu Sandpiper — a Morning Encounter with an Endangered and Strange Bird

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There are some species of birds that have the appearance and behaviour of having been designed by a committee of civil servants. The mesite...
Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Tahiti - Introduced Birds - More Information

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Following up my account of Eastham Guild’s introduction of birds to Tahiti, I now have much more information plus an inconsistency. I fo...