Papers of Frederick Vanuxem Hebard

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MS. 14984

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Typescripts relating to injury-feigning birds, with some related letters. Comprises:

'Survey of injury-feigning birds on the AOU [American Ornithologists Union] Checklist', 1949
'A catalogue of injury-feigning species and subspecies on the AOU Checklist', n.d. [late 1940s?]
'Feigning in the wood warblers', paper read to the AOU, 1953 (revised 1955)
three catalogues of injury-feigning Anatidae, Parulidae, and Fringillidae, with covering letter from Hebard to R.E. Moreau, 1955
'Feigning', paper read to the Linnean Society, 1955
'Checklist of feigning anseriformes', n.d. [late 1950s?]
'World check-list of feigning birds', with covering letter from Hebard to R.E. Moreau, 1960
'Cranes', 'Limpkins (Aramidae)', 'Jacanas' and 'Painted Snipe', c.1961

Dates

Creation: 1949-c.1961

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 14984.

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Shelfmark:

MS. 14984

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 14984

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers of Frederick Vanuxem Hebard.

Biographical / Historical

Frederick Vanuxem Hebard (1900-1961) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Yale University and Pennsylvania Law School. He practised law in Philadelphia, forming his own law firm of Frederick V. Hebard in 1959. He was a charter member of the Georgia Ornithological Society and, in 1951, was elected a Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union.

Biographical note written with reference to:

Lucien Harris Jr. (1961), In Memoriam: Frederick Vanuxem Hebard, The Oriole, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 17-22.