Mateship with birds
Chisholm, Alec H. (Alec Hugh), 1890-19772013
Book
Ninety years on, A.H. Chisholm's classic Mateship with Birds is still as fresh and inspirational as an early-morning walk in the bush, the air resounding with birdsong. His account of the secret lives of birds - their seasonal doings and their complex relationships - reflects his patient and detailed observations, and his deep enjoyment of the Australian bush and all its inhabitants. This is not just a book for bird-lovers. Chisholm's charming and often humorous prose reveals a man who loves words as well as birds. His style of writing and the historical photographs accompanying his text provide a gentle record of a period that already feels like 'the old days'. But Chisholm wrote with an urgent message to the future. He could clearly see the threat that 'the moving finger of Civilisation' posed to birdlife, and his account of the tragic demise of the Paradise Parrot ends with this passionate exhortation: 'What are the bird-lovers of Australia going to do about this matter of vanishing Parrots? Surely it is a subject worthy of the closest attention of all good Australians.' With the reissuing of this book, we honour these words, and offer his delight in 'the loveliest and the best of Nature's children' to a new generation.
Main title:
Mateship with birds / A.H. Chisholm.
Work:
Imprint:
Brunswick, Vic. : Scribe, 2013, c1922.Melbourne Scribe 2013.Ä—Ù1922
Collation:
xiii, 178 p, [44] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Previously published: Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs, [1922].Includes index.
Shelving notes:
27716 0000006843 1 24-04-2013 99 reissued, originally published 1923 http://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/title/mateship-with-birds/ nyctro 26-04-2013 7
ISBN:
9781922070326
Dewey class:
598.0994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
30629
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 598.0994 CHIS | On loan - Due: 23 Jul 2026 |
| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 598.0994 CHIS | Available |