Our South African Birds
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Our South African Birds is an album of South African birds published in 1941. Printed in English and Afrikaans
, it was issued with spaces for 150 cigarette card
s distributed by a consortium of tobacco companies.
A foreword was written by John Voelcker, then President of the South African Ornithological Society, and the album was edited by Austin Roberts
. The illustrations were attributed to Norman Lighton although they were clearly copies of the Claude Gibney Finch-Davies plates held by the Transvaal Museum
- Finch-Davies was neither credited nor mentioned as he had fallen from grace in the eyes of the Transvaal Museum. The album of 106pp appeared in quarto
in cream boards and brown cloth spine, with a colour illustration of a Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah
pasted on the front board.
A companion volume titled Our South African Flora was published at the same time and was edited by Robert Harold Compton
, Director of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town
. The printing and design of both albums was done by Cape Times Limited of Cape Town.
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
, it was issued with spaces for 150 cigarette card
Cigarette card
Cigarette cards are trade cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands.-History:Beginning in 1875, cards depicting actresses, baseball players, Indian chiefs, and boxers were issued by the US-based Allen and Ginter tobacco company. These are...
s distributed by a consortium of tobacco companies.
A foreword was written by John Voelcker, then President of the South African Ornithological Society, and the album was edited by Austin Roberts
Austin Roberts
Austin Roberts was a South African zoologist. He is best known for his Birds of South Africa, first published in 1940. He also studied the mammalian fauna of the region: his work The mammals of South Africa was published posthumously in 1951...
. The illustrations were attributed to Norman Lighton although they were clearly copies of the Claude Gibney Finch-Davies plates held by the Transvaal Museum
Transvaal Museum
""The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, formerly Transvaal Museum, is a natural history museum situated in Pretoria, South Africa....
- Finch-Davies was neither credited nor mentioned as he had fallen from grace in the eyes of the Transvaal Museum. The album of 106pp appeared in quarto
Quarto
Quarto could refer to:* Quarto, a size or format of a book in which four leaves of a book are created from a standard size sheet of paper* For specific information about quarto texts of William Shakespeare's works, see:...
in cream boards and brown cloth spine, with a colour illustration of a Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah
The Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah is a species of bird in the Viduidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
pasted on the front board.
A companion volume titled Our South African Flora was published at the same time and was edited by Robert Harold Compton
Robert Harold Compton
Robert Harold Compton was a South African botanist. The Compton Herbarium at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, which he founded in Cape Town in 1939, was named in his honour.-Career:...
, Director of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
. The printing and design of both albums was done by Cape Times Limited of Cape Town.