List of Birds collected by the Calvert Expedition in West Australia. With Field Notes by G.A. Keartland, Naturalist to the Expedition. [Contained in] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 22, Part 2, 1898

[Calvert Expedition]. NORTH, Alfred J.

Published by RSSA, Adelaide, 1898

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Adelaide, RSSA, 1898. Octavo, pages 125-192 plus a tipped-in errata slip with several minor references to this article. Wrappers slightly and uniformly tanned (acidic paper); a fine copy (uncirculated). Keartland's field notes make this far more interesting than the 'List of Birds' title suggests. For example, he concludes his account of the Nankeen kestrel thus: 'I took four eggs from a tree near our camp, and was surprised to find the nest lined with pellets of camel dung. This is probably the first time this material has been used for nest-lining'. Indeed. Other articles of more-or-less general interest include KOCH, Max: A List of Plants collected on Mount Lyndhurst Run (18 pages); BROWNE, J. Harris: Use of the Wedge by the Natives of the Great Barrier Plain (1 page); and the address by the president, W.L. Cleland (7 pages, essentially on the anthropology of Australia). Seller Inventory # 20487

Bibliographic Details

Title: List of Birds collected by the Calvert ...

Publisher: RSSA, Adelaide

Publication Date: 1898

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition.