Gallinago hardwickii (Gray, JE 1831) (1 Viewer)

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Gallinago hardwickii (Gray, JE 1831) OD The zoological miscellany - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Description of a new species of Snipe discovered by Charles Hardwicke, Esq., in Van Dieman's Land

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Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii J. E. Gray, 1831

Captain Charles Browne Hardwick[e] (1788–1880) was a British collector who was one of the first to settle in Tasmania (1816), where he became a farmer. He served (1807–1813) in the Royal Navy, leaving as a lieutenant. He arrived in Australia (1814) as third officer on the convict transport General Hewitt. He then took command of the cutter Elizabeth, which traded regularly between Sydney and Van Diemen's Land, and was wrecked in a storm (1816) with no loss of life. He sailed around the coast for five months (1823) and reported that it looked very inhospitable. He discovered the snipe in Tasmania (part of its wintering grounds).

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Charles Browne Hardwicke (1788-1851) English pioneer, collector in Tasmania (Gallinago).

According Biography - Charles Browne Hardwicke - Australian Dictionary of Biography or Wikipedia he died 27. September 1880 in Launceston. If written with e on the end or not is unknown to me. But I assume 1880 as death year is correct.

 

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He left the R.N. as a lieutenant thus the title "Captain" simply refers to his status as master of the cutter Elizabeth.