▁volumes ▁on ▁phil ately , ▁orn ith ology ▁and ▁cr icket . ▁His ▁book ▁collect ing ▁was ▁a ided ▁by ▁the ▁advice ▁of ▁the ▁noted ▁Australian ▁books eller , ▁Albert ▁Henry ▁Sp encer . ▁ ▁Or n ith ology ▁ ▁H . ▁L . ▁White ▁wrote ▁short ▁articles ▁published ▁in ▁E mu , ▁and ▁correspond ed ▁with ▁the ▁American ▁Or n ith olog ists ' ▁Union . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Austral as ian ▁Or n ith olog ists ▁Union ▁( RA OU ) ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁gener ous ▁benef actor . ▁ ▁His ▁collections ▁of ▁ 8 , 5 0 0 ▁bird ▁sk ins ▁and ▁over ▁ 4 , 2 0 0 ▁egg ▁cl ut ches ▁were ▁don ated ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Museum ▁of ▁Victoria , ▁Melbourne ▁where ▁they ▁are ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁H . ▁L . ▁White ▁Collection . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁comm emor ated ▁in ▁the ▁RA OU ' s ▁large ▁orn ith ological ▁book ▁and ▁serial ▁collection : ▁the ▁H . ▁L . ▁White ▁Library . ▁ ▁Family ▁ ▁H . ▁L . ▁White ▁was ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁Alfred ▁Henry ▁Ed sw orth ▁White , ▁who ▁was ▁hon oured ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁grey ▁h one ye ater , ▁Con op oph ila ▁white i ▁by ▁the ▁orn ith ologist ▁Alfred ▁John ▁North . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁uncle ▁of ▁the ▁writer ▁Patrick ▁White , ▁who ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁pat ernal ▁uncle ▁he ▁fav oured . ▁ ▁References ▁and ▁sources