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Comoros Thrush
The Comoros thrush (''Turdus bewsheri'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in the Comoros Islands in the south western Indian Ocean. Description The Comoros thrush is a brown bird with olive tinged upperparts, slightly more rufous on the tail and wings. The underparts are whitish except for brown flanks and brown scaling on the breast and belly, central belly and undertail coverts are white. The females are browner than the males but otherwise similar, juveniles are more rufous. The length is 24 cm. Voice The song is a typically thrush-like series of melodious, rich notes which varies between islands. ALarm call is a sharp "''twit''" and there is a soft contact call. Distribution and subspecies There are three recognised subspecies, each endemic to a single island. They are: *''Turdis bewsheri comorensis'' Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885: Grand Comoro. *''Turdis bewsheri moheliensis'' Benson, 1960: Mohéli. *''Turdis bewsheri bewsheri'' E. Newton, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Newton
Sir Edward Newton (10 November 1832 – 25 April 1897) was a British colonial administrator and ornithologist. He was born at Elveden Hall, Suffolk the sixth and youngest son of William Newton (MP for Ipswich), William Newton, MP. He was the brother of ornithologist Alfred Newton. He graduated from Magdelene College, Cambridge in 1857 and was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Union. Newton was the Chief Secretary (British Empire), Colonial Secretary for Mauritius from 1859 to 1877. From there he sent his brother a number of specimens, including the dodo and the Rodrigues solitaire, both already extinct. In 1878, Newton initiated the first laws anywhere specifically designed to protect indigenous land birds from persecution. Edward was later Colonial Secretary and Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica (1877–1883). He married Mary Louisa Cranstoun, daughter of W.W.R. Kerr in 1869. She died the following year. He is commemorated in the binomial of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |