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  1. l_raty

    Mr. Leighton Hare and "his" South African birds

    True, but publishing in Ostrich in 1947 ([here]), if born in 1848 (even assuming he did not die in 1924), is quite late. Also: His uncle Thomas William Hare ([here]) died in 1889. (Also reported [here] in 1890.) Thus, so far, we have no evidence that he was in S Africa around 1910-1912 when a...
  2. l_raty

    Mr. Leighton Hare and "his" South African birds

    I don't know Mr. Hare's actual name, but the diminutive "Harry" is compatible with both Harold and Henry in English. (E.g.: Prince Harry = Henry Charles Albert David, Prince of Wales.) However, the dates of Mark's suggestion seem problematic indeed. (He published in Ostrich until 1947.) (First...
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