Not only was Meinertzhagen a thief & fraud, he was also quite likely a wife
murderer.

Dennis Rockwell
Kennewick, WA
dennrockwell at surfbest.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Paulsen" <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
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Cc: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; <birdwg01 at listserv.arizona.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 8:38 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Richard Meinertzhagen


> HI:
> This week's New Yorker magazine has a story by John Seabrook about
> British colonel Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967) who was an amateur
> ornithologist and apparently a fraud! The article goes into the detective
> work done by Pamela Rasmussen (senior author of the Birds of South Asia:
> The Ripley Guide) to uncover this fraud by Meinertzhagen. Also mentioned
> in this article is a forthcoming book by Brian Garfield about the
> "colorful" life of this man. See:
> http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=138680
>
> for details.
>
> Interesting reading!
>
> --
>
> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
> A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
> "Rallidae all the way!"
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