LEADER 03638nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910806139403321 005 20240418004752.0 010 $a1-280-06211-8 010 $a9786613519894 010 $a0-300-18345-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300183450 035 $a(CKB)2670000000176226 035 $a(OCoLC)784957822 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10546759 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622868 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440846 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622868 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10643692 035 $a(PQKB)10526033 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420800 035 $a(DE-B1597)486399 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300183450 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420800 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10546759 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL351989 035 $a(OCoLC)923597497 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000176226 100 $a20120118d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe feathery tribe $eRobert Ridgway and the modern study of birds /$fDaniel Lewis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven [Conn.] $cYale University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-17552-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tTranscription Notes -- $tChapter 1. The Making of a Bird Man -- $tChapter 2. The Smithsonian Years -- $tChapter 3. To Have or Have Not: America's First Bird Organizations -- $tChapter 4. Bird Study Collections -- $tChapter 5. Nomenclatural Struggles, Checklists, and Codes -- $tChapter 6. Publications about Birds -- $tChapter 7. Standardizing the Colors of Birds: Ridgway's Color Dictionaries -- $tEpilogue -- $tAppendix -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aAmateurs and professionals studying birds at the end of the nineteenth century were a contentious, passionate group with goals that intersected, collided and occasionally merged in their writings and organizations. Driven by a desire to advance science, as well as by ego, pride, honor, insecurity, religion and other clashing sensibilities, they struggled to absorb the implications of evolution after Darwin. In the process, they dramatically reshaped the study of birds. Daniel Lewis here explores the professionalization of ornithology through one of its key figures: Robert Ridgway, the Smithsonian Institution's first curator of birds and one of North America's most important natural scientists. Exploring a world in which the uses of language, classification and accountability between amateurs and professionals played essential roles, Lewis offers a vivid introduction to Ridgway and shows how his work fundamentally influenced the direction of American and international ornithology. He explores the inner workings of the Smithsonian and the role of collectors working in the field and reveals previously unknown details of the ornithological journal The Auk and the untold story of the color dictionaries for which Ridgway is known. 606 $aOrnithologists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aOrnithology 615 0$aOrnithologists 615 0$aOrnithology. 676 $a598.092 686 $aBIO015000$aNAT004000$aSCI070040$2bisacsh 700 $aLewis$b Daniel$f1959-$01611518 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806139403321 996 $aThe feathery tribe$93939824 997 $aUNINA