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Both studies involved a secretive relative of the American Robin called Swainson's Thrush
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T.h. moluccanus, endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania and called Swainson's Lorikeet
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Swainson, I think writers are almost forced to look at things in this technical way - others have the choice.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009
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Swainson said that he couldn't have anticipated playing such a critical role in a major situation during his time as a Metro volunteer in D.C. "I expected there to be a lot of people, and figured there would be a lot of crowd control," he said.
Around the Web 2009
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Swainson - you're right about the potential for capital gains tax, and the need to consult a professional!
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2008
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Alas, Swainson forgot to say where he had found the flower Pernambuco, so it took another seventy-one years for it to be rediscovered.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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Meanwhile Swainson made a name for his beautiful lithographs of birds and shells and in 1833 signed a contract to write fourteen volumes three a month on natural history for the great science popularizer Dionysius Lardner.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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Back in his Palermo days Rafinesque had met a British ex-army shell collector and artist, the stammering William Swainson.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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Back in his Palermo days Rafinesque had met a British ex-army shell collector and artist, the stammering William Swainson.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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In 1817 Swainson shot off to Brazil to collect he knew not what and sent a grower in Scotland a new flower, now well known at every modern prom as the “corsage orchid.”
American Connections James Burke 2007
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