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Seabird genius : the story of L.E. Richdale, the royal albatross, and the yellow-eyed penguin

Title: Seabird genius : the story of L.E. Richdale, the royal albatross, and the yellow-eyed penguin / Neville Peat ; foreword by C.J.R. Robertson.
Author: Peat, Neville.
Publication: Dunedin, N.Z. : Otago University Press, 2011.

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Description

288 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

L.E. Richdale, the royal albatross, and the yellow-eyed penguin

Subjects

Richdale, L. E (Lancelot Eric)
Birds > New Zealand
Sea birds > Research > New Zealand > South Island > History
Northern royal albatross > New Zealand
Yellow-eyed penguin > New Zealand
Teachers > New Zealand > Biography
Ornithologists > New Zealand > Biography

Note

"Published in association with the Otago Peninsula Trust [and] Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

"Bibliography of works by L.E. Richdale and A.M. Richdale / compiled by C.J.R. Robertson: p. [267]-270.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-279) and index.

Contents

Chronology, L.E. Richdale -- '-a rising gale among trees' -- Head boy -- Nature study man -- Communing with penguins -- The frenetic forties -- Whero : 'treasure island' -- America, coast to coast -- Honoured -- O, to be in England -- Farewell to father, Whero and classrooms -- Petrel pressure -- The Auckland years -- Legacy -- Whero : nature's enigma.

Call Number

JFE 12-2108

ISBN

9781877578113 (softcover)
1877578118 (softcover)

LCCN

2012358594

OCLC

759911704

Author

Peat, Neville.

Title

Seabird genius : the story of L.E. Richdale, the royal albatross, and the yellow-eyed penguin / Neville Peat ; foreword by C.J.R. Robertson.

Imprint

Dunedin, N.Z. : Otago University Press, 2011.

Bibliography

"Bibliography of works by L.E. Richdale and A.M. Richdale / compiled by C.J.R. Robertson: p. [267]-270.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-279) and index.

Added Author

Robertson, C. J. R. (Christopher John Rutherford), 1941-

Otago Peninsula Trust.

Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust.

Research Call Number

JFE 12-2108

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