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For the love of nature : mammals described and illustrated by the naturalists Gerald E.H., Barrett-Hamilton & Edward Adrian Wilson

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20141
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
Hollenberg, Martin J.
Barrett-Hamilton, Gerald E.H.
Wilson, Edward Adrian
Publisher
Vancouver, BC : M.J. Hollenberg
Edition
Limited ed. of 400 copies (55/400)
Call Number
QL H65 F67
Author
Hollenberg, Martin J.
Barrett-Hamilton, Gerald E.H.
Wilson, Edward Adrian
Responsibility
Martin J. Hollenberg, Gerald E.H., Barrett-Hamilton, Edward Adrian Wilson
Edition
Limited ed. of 400 copies (55/400)
Publisher
Vancouver, BC : M.J. Hollenberg
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
xiii, 187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Mammals
Zoology
Travel
Naturalists
Contents
The Irish naturalist Gerald E.H. Barrett-Hamilton : his life and contributions to science -- Descriptions of mammals from Barrett-Hamilton's A history of British mammals, paired with drawings and paintings by Edward Adrian Wilson -- Edward Adrian Wilson : his outstanding career as a naturalist and artist -- The naturalists and the advances of science -- Appendix I. Gerald Barrett-Hamilton's South Georgia journal -- Appendix II. Letters from South Georgia from G.E.H. Barrett-Hamilton to Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer -- Appendix III. Selected remembrances.
Notes
Card from author removed from book and added to AC637 archival materials
ISBN
9871553831877
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
QL H65 F67
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Thrushes, Thrashers, and Swallows*

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25086
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1936
Author
Pearson, Gilbert T.
Publisher
National Geographic
Call Number
04.2 P31t
Variant Title
*Robins and Bluebirds are familiar members of a famous musical family which includes the Hermit Thrush and European Nightingales
Author
Pearson, Gilbert T.
Responsibility
Gilbert T. Pearson
Publisher
National Geographic
Published Date
1936
Physical Description
13 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Birds
Birds--Alberta
Zoology
Zoology--Alberta
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Abstract
Pertains to the family Mimidae
Contents
Game Wardens find out who killed the cock robin Colonists found a “Blue Robin” Three wives in a single season Cousins of the Nightingale Woodlands ring with flutelike music The Mockingbird is a world-famous vocalist Swallows of a feather flock together What’s in a name? Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) Olive-backed Thrush (Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni) Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) Hermit Thrush (Hylocichla guttata) Veery (Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis sialis) Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Bendire’s Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum redivivum) Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma dorsale dorsale) Leconte’s Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei lecontei) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Northern Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon albifrons albifrons) Barn Swallow (Hirundo erhthrogaster) Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina lepida) Tree Swallow (Iridoprocne bicolor) Bank Swallow (Riparia Riparia Riparia) American Pipit (Anthus spinoletta spinoletta) Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spraguei) Horned Lark (Otocoris alpestris)
Notes
Reprinted from National Geographic, Volume LXIX, No. 4, April 1936
Paintings by Maj. Allan Brooks
Accession Number
825
Call Number
04.2 P31t
Collection
Archives Library
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