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C. H. McLennan ('Mallee Bird') and his Aboriginal informant Jowley: The source of early records of the Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis in Victoria?

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Menkhorst, Peter, Ryan, Edward (2015): C. H. McLennan ('Mallee Bird') and his Aboriginal informant Jowley: The source of early records of the Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis in Victoria? Memoirs of Museum Victoria 73: 107-115, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2015.73.09, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-73-2015/pages-107-115/

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