10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANUMEA»
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The Samoa Islands: Material Culture
The tooth-billed pigeon (manumea). for which he reportedly received £150.
These probably got to London in 1864 as the first live specimens, later a live one
also reached Berlin. In 1898, I gave Staff Physician of the Navy D. Martin in Apia
four ...
This last gesture touched my heart, although I wondered if she thought my home
was a sheepfold. But such hospitality can have a punishing effect on a traveler's
best-laid plans. Let me illustrate: In my bird-watcher's search for a manumea, ...
TOP END Le Manumea Resort (Map pp304-5; %27755; www .manumearesort.
com; The Cross Island Rd, Vailima; r ST350; asi) Le Manumea inhabits the
slightly cooler climes of the slopes above Apia. Despite being near the road, the
large ...
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The German Colonial Experience: Select Documents on German ...
The Manumea is a pretty bird which can be found only rarely nowadays. It only
lives in Samoa, and apart from that in no other country on the globe. That 's the
reason why all people should see to it not to kill it. But there exist inconsiderate ...
Arthur J. Knoll, Hermann J. Hiery, 2010
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State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific
The focus of the campaign in Western Samoa is a large, distinctive, forest
dwelling bird - the "Manumea" (Didurtculus strigtroslis, the Tooth-hilled Pigeon).
The Manumea is rare in Western Samoa, being restricted to areas of natural
forest.
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An Anthology of contemporary short stories of Bangladesh
Manumea seemed to hear his father's pleading words: Monu, please take me to
the city hospital. I can't strnd this pain any more. His father's eyes seemed to pop
out of their sockets. Manumea took himself away from the range of those eyes.
Replanting is usually done in teak and mahogany, which native birds cannot use.
About 1 6 of 34 land bird species are unique to Samoa. One such species, the
toothbilled pigeon or manumea (Didunculus strigirostris), is thought to be a living
...
Apparently, Mr. Millman spent too much of his time chasing the elusive manumea
. jennifer Sonke Rancho Cucamonga, California Lawrence Millman replies: In
travel as in life, one person's meat is another person's soggy dumpling.
Personally ...
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Lonely Planet Rarotonga, Samoa & Tonga
Le Manumea Resort $$$ Offlinemap ( 27755; www.manumearesort.com; The
Cross Island Rd, Vailima; r from ST280; ) Le Manumea inhabits the cooler climes
of the slopes above Apia. Rooms are the prettiest HISTORIC HOTEL HOTEL ...
Lonely Planet, Craig McLachlan, Brett Atkinson, 2012
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Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM.. 1995
Something worth protecting A man takes up the unrewarding task of saving
manumea, Western Samoa's pigeon with the ugly beak. DAVID NORTH reports
on how Toni Tipamaa has infected a whole community with his cause. In many
ways ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANUMEA»
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manumea is used in the context of the following news items.
De La Rue: Licensed to print money
... award-winning Samoan 20-tala note, a cheerful yellow note with a waterfall on one side and a rather chubby bird, called a manumea, on the ... «BBC News, Jun 14»
Costello: Samoa Is Now My Base
... in Fiji, packed up, and shipped out,” he confirms to the Sunday Samoan on Friday night, relaxing with a Vailima draught at Manumea Resort. «Fiji Sun Online, May 14»
Saving Samoa's rarest bird
Reflecting the desperate plight of the manumea, today more of its flock lie stuffed in museum collections around the world than foraging in the ... «Manawatu Standard, Apr 14»
Manumea Found: Strange Bird Seen Breeding for the First Time in a …
manumea tooth-billed-pigeon When a rare species is seen and photographed for the first time in a decade, it tends to be cause for celebration. «Scientific American, Feb 14»
Pigeon feared extinct found
A closer look using binoculars and we knew we had found it, the rare manumea. Everyone had questioned whether the bird still existed. «Southland Times, Jan 14»
Dodo relative lives, but only just!
Dodos did it; their relatives, the passenger pigeons did it, and now another pigeon is on the same road to extinction. The little dodo, manumea ... «The Earth Times, Jan 14»
The Little Dodo of Samoa
Hopefully the Manumea too will be saved. The fledgling Samoan Conservation Society is working with island conservation scientists from New ... «National Geographic, Nov 13»
Soon the Only Place to See This Nearly Extinct Bird May Be on …
The bird's name in the Samoan language, however, is much more colorful: manumea. Samoan currency is also quite colorful and features an ... «Scientific American, Oct 13»
Samoa's national bird, the manumea on the brink of extinction
Scientists fear that in the future the only place people will be able to see Samoa's national bird, the manumea will be on Samoan banknotes ... «Radio Australia, Oct 13»
Humans killed over 10 percent of the world's bird species when they …
Today many of the bird survivors on Pacific Islands remain hugely imperiled, such as the Manumea (Didunculus strigirostrisor), also known as ... «Mongabay.com, Mar 13»
