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33: 100:"is perhaps most frequently observed in a peculiar resting position — legs straight out behind with the feet on the rock, tree branch or other object, the body being supported by continuous vibration of wings". 163:. of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1967 (41: 1302-1303), which was singled out in a tribute to Dr. Whitmore as "an example of the good doctor's breadth of knowledge, attention to detail, and mellow humor". 150:(Pearl 1930, reprinted in 1976) and was truly under the impression that the reviewer was hoaxed until he reached the end, which made clear that the review was on par with the reviewed article. 311:
In A. Berta and T. A. Demere (eds.) Contributions in Marine Mammal Paleontology Honoring Frank C. Whitmore. Jr. Proc. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 29:3-10, 1994
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recalls her witnessing how the woofen-poof hoax backfired on the hoaxer himself. In her presence, Professor Sharp was reading with disbelief a review on "
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The back cover of the 2007/2011 Euston Grove Press print of the monograph says it was a mockery of heavily promoted Central Asiatic Expeditions of
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by the local populace. Eventually it grew into a 34-page monograph signed by an "Augustus C. Fotheringham, Sc.D. (Cantab.), F.R.G.S.", printed by "
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It was initially a short talk presented together with a graduate student, Cuthbert Fraser, about the most unusual bird from the
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marriages in 1934: "A new, and recently authenticated, case of naturally determined
36:"Eoörnis resting on a rocky pinnacle, supported by the rapid vibration of the wings" 254: 293: 54: 270: 123: 115: 322: 190: 66: 32: 240:(internet archive). The back cover includes some comments on the monograph. 73: 89: 85: 218:, Vol. 51, 50th Anniversary Special Issue, 1926-1976 (1976), pp. 90-91 258: 111: 309:
Ralph E. Eshelman, "Tribute to Frank Clifford Whitmore, Jr." in:
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Expedition to the Gobi Desert in 1929, when a bird, the
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The monograph has later been reprinted several times.
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Humor in the Scientific Literature, Ralph A. Lewin,
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Index

Pterovelox

bird
hoax
Lester W. Sharp
botany
Cornell University
United States
Gobi Desert
Cro-Magnon
car mascot
pelican
mating
eugenics
consanguineous
incest
British Museum
monogamous
Harriet Creighton
The Quarterly Review of Biology
Journal of Paleontology
Frank C. Whitmore
Roy Chapman Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
"The Woofen-Poof (aka Eoörnis pterovelox gobiensis)"


Quarterly Review of Biology

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