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Identifier: birdnotes05fore (find matches)
Title: Bird notes
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Foreign Bird Club National British Bird and Mule Club
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Great Britain Periodicals
Publisher: Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule Club
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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e and abroad, and it is that which givesone encouragement to go on graduall) replacing ones ownignorance with knowledge. For instance, a foreign UniversityProfessor whom I have seen described as a specialist in twoor more of the fields of biology writes to me on his owninitiative, We are along way apart in miles, but very closetogether in some points of work and purpose. W. Geo. Cresweli.. (vSince our going to press, the November issue of ourcontemporary has appeared. From an editorial footnote welearn (i) that my exposure of the perversion of Nocard isconsidered too personal, (2) that the gentleman who pervertsNocard and myself has the pages of the next issue at hiscommand, and (3) that no one will be allowed the privilege ofcontroverting anything he may then choose to say ! I ampleased to see however that no embargo is laid upon mysending the whole correspondence to Prof. Nocard for hisinspection, or itpon any further coiirse of action I may decideon taking in the matter.—W. G. C)
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223 ZTbe BIack**uecf?eb Swan. fCyg?ius nigricollis).By H. G00DCHI1.D, M.B.O.U. fROBABLY comparatively few of us have evereven heard of the Zoological Sketches, aseries of water - colour drawings of livinganimals made in the Zoological Gardens bythe great animal painter Joseph Wolf. By the kind-ness of the Zoological Society, to the Council ofwhich our thanks are due for the permission to re-produce the accompanying example, we are enabledto gain some idea of the character of this series. Theoriginals are treasured in the Library of the Society,and those who are Fellows of the Society should availthemselves of the opportunity of seeing the actualwork of this great artist. This bird comes from Argentina, Chili, and Pata-gonia. Mr. W. H. Hudson, who knows the Black-necked Swan in a state of nature, thus writes of it inArgentine Ornithology (Vol. II. p. 125). This Swan is verj^ abundant on the pampas ofBuenos Ayres and in Patagonia, and ranges south toMagellan Straits and the Falklands. A

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