. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. C. T. Fisher & F E. Wart 144 Bull. 2003 123A. Figure 4. Labels on Liverpool Museum's paratype of the Paradise Parrot, which include Gilbert's original collecting label. Note that all the labels have been encased in protective plastic (© NMGM). first repair the cabinet skin. In addition, they insert a dowelling rod into the skin to make a stronger base not only for the body, but for the attachment of legs and labels; these can be tied to the rod and extra stability provided by winding cotton round the legs and through a small drilled ho
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. C. T. Fisher & F E. Wart 144 Bull. 2003 123A. Figure 4. Labels on Liverpool Museum's paratype of the Paradise Parrot, which include Gilbert's original collecting label. Note that all the labels have been encased in protective plastic (© NMGM). first repair the cabinet skin. In addition, they insert a dowelling rod into the skin to make a stronger base not only for the body, but for the attachment of legs and labels; these can be tied to the rod and extra stability provided by winding cotton round the legs and through a small drilled hole. Diaries: Gilbert on the Leichhardt Expedition 1844-1846 The discovery of the Paradise Parrot can also be used to illustrate the importance of daily diaries, which were often kept by naturalists and explorers. Practically all that is known about the range of the Paradise Parrot in the 1840s has been extracted from the labels on John Gilbert's specimens and from remarks he made in his diary, begun during his solo expedition through the Darling Downs area from May 1844. His diary continued after he joined the Second Leichhardt Expedition. The expedition members aimed to cross Australia from southern Queensland to Port Essington, on the north-west coast; Gilbert was a member of the expedition from October 1844 to June 1845, when he was killed by Aboriginals in northern Queensland (Fisher 1985). The Paradise Parrot is first mentioned when Gilbert collected specimens in the Condamine River area of the Darling Downs, but he also noted the bird several times in his diary as the Leichhardt Expedition travelled north through Expedition Range and up the Comet River. His last recorded sighting of it was in June 1845 at the Mitchell River, over 600 miles north of the Darling Downs, just before he was killed (Chisholm 1945, Fisher 1985). These diary entries extend the known range of the Paradise Parrot much further to the north than would otherwise have been suspected, and give conserva
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