Letter [manuscript]. 1857.

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Letter [manuscript]. 1857.

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Letter written to John Gould on Elsey's return to England, after 2 years in Australia. It concerns his trip and the bird specimens he collected whilst in Australia.

20 p.

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7073789

Libraries Australia

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Elsey, Joseph Ravenscroft, 1834-1858.

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Explorer and naturalist after whom Elsey Creek is named. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1857. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225820596 ...

Gould, John, 1804-1881

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By the time of his death in 1881, John Gould was the most acclaimed publisher of illustrated orinthology in Europe. Hummingbirds were his favorite species. To capture on paper the bright iridescent color of the plumage, Gould developed a special forumla of oils and color over gold leaf. From the description of Phaethornis philippi (Philippi's hermit) print. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 166261106 Gould was an ornithologist. From the description of ...