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GREGORY MACALISTER MATHEWS, author of "Birds of Australia, died at Winchester after a short illness on March 27. He was the son of R. H. Mathews, a well-known authority on Australian aborigines, and was born at Biamble, New South Wales, on September 10, 1876. After attending King's School, Parramatta, he worked on a cattle station in north Queensland and spent much of his spare time studying birds. He amassed a. large collection, supplemented by many specimens received from correspondents all over Australian. For long he had planned to write a work on Australian birds, and in 1902 went to England for the purpose. At first he resided near Watford, which was convenient for the British Museum (Natural History) and Lord Rothschild's museum at Tring, where much of his work was done.
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K., N. Mr. G. M. Mathews. Nature 163, 669–670 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163669b0
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