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Dark-eyed White-eye
The dark-eyed white-eye (''Zosterops tetiparius'') is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. ''Z. t. paradoxus'' is found on Rendova and ''Z. t. tetiparius'' on Tetepare Island. The subspecies have never been recorded away from their respective home islands which lie just 3.4 km apart. References Zosterops, dark-eyed white-eye Birds of the Western Province (Solomon Islands) Birds described in 1929, dark-eyed white-eye Taxa named by Robert Cushman Murphy, dark-eyed white-eye {{Zosteropidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cushman Murphy
The whaling ship, ''Daisy'', which Murphy traveled on to the Antarctic Robert Cushman Murphy (April 29, 1887 – March 20, 1973) was an American ornithologist and Lamont Curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History. He went on numerous oceanic expeditions and was an expert on marine birds, and wrote several major books on them. He described a species of petrel which is now known as Murphy's petrel. Mount Murphy in Antarctica and Murphy Wall in South Georgia are named after him. Life and work Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Thomas D. Murphy and Augusta Cushman. Around 1906 Murphy assisted Frank Chapman at the American Museum of Natural History and read the proofs of ''Warblers of North America''. He was an undergraduate at Brown University, where he graduated in 1911. He married Grace Alice Bairstow in 1911 who he met as a student at Brown University. Grace persuaded Robert to take a position as naturalist aboard the whaling ship ''Daisy''. After their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |