It is old news, apparently, but I only found out today: the Lear Macaw is now officially to be called the Indigo Macaw, according to this article, reviewing Whose Birds by Bo Boelens and M. Watkins (Yale University Press, 20049).
Search this site:
Edward Lear
On Lear and Nonsense
- A Very Good Children’s Book (1865)
- Nonsense Verse, &c. (1880)
- Word-Twisting Versus Nonsense (1887)
- Concerning Nonsense (1889)
- Delightful Nonsense (1890)
- G.K. Chesterton, A Defence of Nonsense (1902)
- The Poems in Alice in Wonderland (1903)
- Limericks (1903)
- Ian Malcolm on Edward Lear (1908)
- G.K. Chesterton, Two Kinds of Paradox (1911)
- H. Jackson, Masters of Nonsense (1912)
- H. Hawthorne, Edward Lear (1916)
- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
- G.K. Chesterton, Both Sides of the Looking-Glass (1933)
- G.K. Chesterton, Humour (1938)
- G. Orwell, Nonsense Poetry (1945)
Twitter Updates
- Edward Lear's Diary: Monday, 18 May 1863: Slept well ― come-parrot-tifly. ― Woke at 4.30 by hearing that we ar... bit.ly/17J5pAR 9 hours ago
- Edward Lear's Diary: Sunday, 17 May 1863: Rose at 4 ― & packed all. Gave 2 dollars to the coachman, 1½ each to... bit.ly/14axr4m 1 day ago
- Edward Lear's Diary: Saturday, 16 May 1863: Rose at 4. Dressed & packed: & out by 4.45. Lovely shady=sunny mor... bit.ly/13nO8q2 2 days ago
Categories
- Comics (45)
- Cruikshank (1)
- Dr. Seuss (22)
- Edward Gorey (13)
- Edward Lear (343)
- General (119)
- Gustave Verbeek (18)
- James Thurber (1)
- Lewis Carroll (56)
- Limerick (36)
- Nonsense Lyrics (6)
- Peter Newell (60)
- Podcasts (38)
- Punch (1)
- Uncategorized (2)
Wow..that’s pretty interesting. I can’t believe I have never stumbled across this info before. Thanks for posting this!