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Letter from L. A. Solomon, Oakdale, Beverley to The Curator, Museum Perth.Letter requesting identification of bird specimen being sent by rail. Museum to retain if useful.

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Field guide to the birds of Western Australia / by G.M. Storr and R.E. Johnstone ; illustrated by Martin Thompson

Author: Storr, G. M. (Glen Milton), 1921-1990; Johnstone, R. E. (Ronald Eric), 1949-; Thompson, Martin; Western Australian Museum

Call no: 598.29941 STO

Year: 1985

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Identifies previously sent egg specimens as possibly the Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) and requests bird specimen for confirmation. Provide formalin and preservation instructions.

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Writer identifies submitted bird specimen as the New Zealand Prosthemadea novae-hollandiae, native name "Tui" and called "Parson bird " by the settlers.

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Letter from James Cowan to the Curator of the MuseumRequests information on the habitat of the tri-coloured [?], disputes identification, observes it is always with Campephaga [Lumenitis?] and suggests it is the female of that species.

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Writer speculates on the bird linked to previously provided egg specimens changing his earlier identification of a cuckoo species to that of a small owl; requests formalin for specimen preservation; and encloses small snake specimens

found commonly in rotting mallee roots.

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Handbook of Western Australian birds. Volume I. Non-passerines (emu to dollarbird) / R.E. Johnstone and G.M. Storr ; [edited by Deborah Taylor]

Author: Johnstone, R. E. (Ronald Eric), 1949-; Storr, G. M. (Glen Milton), 1921-1990; Taylor, Deborah; Western Australian Museum

Call no: 598.29941 JOH

Year: 1998

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Common birds of the Kimberley / by Carolyn Thomson and Gordon Graham

Author: Thomson, Carolyn; Graham, Gordon; Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management

Call no: 598.299414 THO

Year: 1996

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