03631oam 22008654a 450 991048045000332120191219001103.01-5261-3230-31-5261-1601-4(CKB)3790000000538800(MiAaPQ)EBC5179764(OCoLC)1132226854(MdBmJHUP)muse77725(EXLCZ)99379000000053880020180409h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHenry Dresser and Victorian ornithologyBirds, books and business /Henry A. McGhieManchester, [England] :Manchester University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) color illustrations, photographs, tables1-78499-413-8 "Bibliography of Henry Dresser": pages 319-327.Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-318) and indexes.1. Family background and early life -- 2. Texas : the big adventure -- 3. Settling down to business -- 4. Early exploits in ornithological society -- 5. Collecting -- 6. Discovering the birds of Europe. I -- 7. Discovering the birds of Europe. II -- 8. Making The birds of Europe -- 9. A central figure : society life in the 1870s -- 10. The 1880s : the rise of rivalry -- 11. The 1890s : the continuing rise of the British Museum (Natural History) -- 12. Working independently, 1900-5 -- 13. The grand finale : producing Eggs of the birds of Europe -- 14. Time for a change -- 15. Legacies -- Appendix 1. Birds mentioned in the text -- Appendix 2. Birds named by Henry Dresser -- Appendix 3. Birds named after Henry Dresser -- Appendix 4. Publications based on Henry Dresser's collections, 1985-2017.Ornithologyfast(OCoLC)fst01048358Ornithologistsfast(OCoLC)fst01048356BirdsCollection and preservationfast(OCoLC)fst00832979Birdsfast(OCoLC)fst00832970SCIENCELife SciencesZoologyGeneralbisacshBirdsIdentificationBirdsNomenclatureBirdsClassificationBirdsCollection and preservationBirdsCatalogs and collectionsGreat BritainBirdsEuropeOrnithologyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryOrnithologistsGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainfastEuropefastBiographies.Terminology.Records and correspondence.History.Field guides.Diaries.Classification.Catalogs and collections.Biography.Biographies.Electronic books. Ornithology.Ornithologists.BirdsCollection and preservation.Birds.SCIENCELife SciencesZoologyGeneral.BirdsBirdsNomenclature.BirdsClassification.BirdsCollection and preservation.BirdsBirdsOrnithologyHistoryOrnithologists598.092McGhie Henry A.958495MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910480450003321Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology2171815UNINA