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A STUDY OF LARKS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (Scarce) by R. Bowdler Sharpe
Publisher not Indicated, c. 1874
8vo, 38pp. Journal article rebound in quarter leather hardcover binding. Gilt lettering to spine. With 2 stunning full-colour plates, possibly hand-coloured.
Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847-1909) was an English zoologist and ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history. In the course of his career he published several monographs on bird groups and produced a multi-volume catalogue of the specimens in the collection of the museum. He described many new species of bird and also has had species named in his honour by other ornithologists including Sharpe's longclaw (Macronyx sharpei) and Sharpe's starling (Poeoptera sharpii).
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