Notebook of Alice Hibbert-Ware

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MS. 14981

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Notebook containing notes and correspondence on bird pellets.

Dates

Creation: c.1939-c.1943

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 14981.

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Shelfmark:

MS. 14981

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 14981

Additional Description

Abstract

Notebook of Alice Hibbert-Ware.

Biographical / Historical

Alice Hibbert-Ware (1869-1944) was a naturalist and educator who contributed to ornithology's understanding of the dietary habits of birds. Between 1936 and 1937 she undertook a detailed study of the feeding habits of the little owl, based in the village of Girton, near Cambridge. The study was carried out on behalf of the British Trust for Ornithology and came to be known as the Little Owl Food Inquiry. The little owl, which had been deemed a pest, was vindicated by Hibbert-Ware's study and the findings in her report were accepted by the Board of Agriculture.

Biographical note written with reference to:

Turk, Anthony and Tim H. Sparks (2000), Alice Hibbert-Ware, Nature in Cambridgeshire, vol. 42, pp. 76-80.