Recent content by Olivier Langrand

Dear All, I am looking for information about a French collector named Alphonse Robert who collected with C. I. Forsyth Major in Madagascar in 1894-1896. A. Robert collected birds and mammals in South America in the early 1900s and specimens were sent to the British Museum of Natural History...

Thanks to all for your warm welcome. it is appreciated.

Sorry to come late in this discussion but I only joined Birdforum yesterday. An interesting source of information for both common and scientific names that is rarely cited is Words for Birds: A Lexicon of North American Birds with Bibliographical Notes by Edward S. Gruson published in 1972 by...

Sorry to come late to this conversation but I only joined Birdforum yesterday. Words for Birds: A Lexicon of North American Birds with Bibliographical Notes by Edward S. Gruson published in 1972 by Quadrangle Books is also an interesting source of information on the meaning of both common and...

I hope it is stained from being used int he field;)

Hi there. My name is Olivier Langrand. I just joined birdforum and I am most interested in bird etymology. Together with Fanja Andriamialisoa I am working on a book on the history of the zoological exploration of Madagascar. I look forward to interacting with other members of the Birdforum.