Comprises correspondence, notes, data and maps regarding a rookery census, and correspondence and notes regarding studies into tameness in birds, wood pigeons and sparrows.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1959
Extent
3.33 Linear metres (22 physical shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 15584/1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. 15584/1-22
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15584
Abstract
Additional papers of the British Trust for Ornithology relating to the BTO/EGI Rookery Census
Biographical / Historical
The British Trust for Ornithology is an independent charitable research institution which carries out research into the lives of birds, chiefly by conducting population and breeding surveys and by bird ringing. It was founded in the 1930s in Oxford by Edward Max Nicholson, among others, with the aim of fostering cooperation in birdwatching to inform conservation.
Arrangement
Material has been arranged firstly by subject of study, and then by the theme of the contents of each file.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Subject
- British Trust for Ornithology (Organisation)
- Oxford University | Department of Zoology | Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology (Organisation)
- Title
- Catalogue of Additional Papers of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Francesca Alves
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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