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Sacred Ibis
This book follows the adventures of Henry Baker Tristram, an explorer, priest, and founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union. In the book are over 80 colour plates and a reproduction of Charles Darwin's first letter to Tristram.
Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology
This book explores the life of Henry Dresser (1838–1915), one of the most productive British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is largely based on previously unpublished archival material. Dresser travelled widely and spent time in Texas during the American Civil War. He built enormous collections of skins and eggs of birds from Europe, North America and Asia, which formed the basis of over 100 publications, including some of the finest bird books of the late nineteenth century. Dresser was a leading figure in scientific society and in the early bird conservation movement; his correspondence and diaries reveal the inner workings, motivations, personal relationships and rivalries that existed among the leading ornithologists.
Two Ornithologists on the Lower Danube - Being a Record of a Journey to the Dobrogea and the Danube Delta with a Systematic List of the Birds Observed
First published in 1925, this volume contains an interesting account of an ornithological trip to the Danube Delta, the second largest river delta in Europe primarily situated in Romania and the Ukraine. It offers brief descriptions of the countries travelled through and their people, but focuses on what the two English men got up to and what they saw in the way of bird life. This interesting and entertaining chronicle will appeal to ornithologists and birdwatchers, as well as those with an interest in the people and places of early 20th century Europe and travel writing in general. Contents include: “Tulcea”, “The Balta”, “The Forest at Cocos”, “The Forest at Greci”, “The Forest at Ciucurova”, Expedition to the Delta”, “The Black Sea Coast”, “List of Birds Observed in the Dobrogea and Danube Delta”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction.
A Concise History of Ornithology
An exploration of the history of ornithology from the earliest times to the present day. The fascinating works and lives of ornithology's pioneering scientists, including such people as Linnaeus, Darwin and Wallace, are considered chronologically, concluding with two chapters on the great advances made in the twentieth century. The issues raised through the pursuit of ornithological knowledge range from evolution to conservation, and taxonomy to genetics. The book is an educational read as well as an entertaining one, and will be of great interest to all birders and naturalists. It will set the agenda for the study of the history of ornithology for the next generation.
Future Ornithologist
The Ultimate Bird Watching Journal: Birding Log Book Field Notes for Birders. Makes A Great Twitcher Gift For Ornithologists or Anyone Studying Ornithology. Funny Bird Watching Journal Log Book **Weather and Elements **Bird Species/Markings/Features **Date/Time/Location Gift For Birders Twitcher Field Notebook Ornithologist Study of Birds Migration Patterns Funny Cute Bird Watching Record Log Book To Document Birdwatching Activities in.
Red Coats and Wild Birds
During the nineteenth century, Britain maintained a complex network of garrisons to manage its global empire. While these bases helped the British project power and secure trade routes, they served more than just a strategic purpose. During their tours abroad, many British officers engaged in formal and informal scientific research. In this ambitious history of ornithology and empire, Kirsten A. Greer tracks British officers as they moved around the world, just as migratory birds traversed borders from season to season. Greer examines the lives, writings, and collections of a number of ornithologist-officers, arguing that the transnational encounters between military men and birds simultaneously shaped military strategy, ideas about race and masculinity, and conceptions of the British Empire. Collecting specimens and tracking migratory bird patterns enabled these men to map the British Empire and the world and therefore to exert imagined control over it. Through its examination of the influence of bird watching on military science and soldiers' contributions to ornithology, Red Coats and Wild Birds remaps empire, nature, and scientific inquiry in the nineteenth-century world.
