Papers [manuscript]. 1884-1919.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1884-1919.

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Folder 1: Notes on the tooth billed bower bird. Folder 2: "A Visit to the Dorrigo scrubs, New South Wales" handwritten manuscript and other notes. Folder 3: "Haunts of the rufous Scrub-Bird (Africhornis rufescens, Ramsay) ... Macpherson Range, S. E. Queensland". Folder 4: "In the Barron River valley" An Oologist's rambles in North Queensland Handwritten manuscript pp. 1-59. Folder 5: "Camping amongst the big trees W. A." and other handwritten manuscripts. Added 1.2.1988 Folder 6: includes diary and memoirs (by R. Jackson) photographs of S. W. Jackson's mother and father. Printed catalogue Australian Bird's Eggs, Sid. W. Jackson. Folder 7: Two letters to J.S.P. Ramsay (1919) expressing excitement at having collected a rufous scrub bird; and a memo about a phograph he had taken in 1891.

7 cm., (7 folders).

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Jackson, Sidney William, 1873-1946

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Noted zoologist with wide experience of birds in the field. Jackson began his collection of eggs in 1886. His work took him on many field trips across Australia. He took numerous photographs and paid attention to minute detail in nature drawing. From the description of Papers of Sidney William Jackson. 1899-1939. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221449443 Noted zoologist. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1884-1919. (Libraries Australia). Wor...