Various manuscript and typscript papers relating to the article. Chiefly records/logs of observations (included is an incomplete typescript of a possible further article titled 'Field Notes on Guiana Humming-Birds'); reprint of the Jul 1931 article.

Contents found in envelope inscribed as 'Birds Hants Mainland', included is brief correspondence with Edwin (surname unknown) regarding a publication, 1959. The bird lists go up to 1957.

Material contained in an envelope inscribed as 'Oxon Berks Bucks +Beds Tring Bird lists'.

Material contained in an envelope inscribed as 'Oxon Berks Bucks +Beds Tring Bird lists'.

Two thin notebooks about 'An Ornithological Transect of the North Atlantic', with B.D. Nicholson, British Birds, Vol.24, No.10, Mar 1931. The paper was the result of three crossings between London and Georgetown made by Nicholson and Basil Nicholson as they returned separately from British Guiana. The paper is in the form of a reprint in a thin notebook. The second excerise notebook contains a 28 page manuscript draft, in Basil Nicholson's hand, of part of the paper (a list of…

Contents of an envelope inscribed as 'Birds Isle of Wight', includes lists of birds found of Isle of Wight, 1947-1950.

Contents of an envelope inscribed as 'Bird Notes Devon' to do with birds found in Devon, 1936-1961.

Contents of an envelope inscribed as 'Tresco [Scilly Isles] Bird pop[ulatio]n'. Typescript draft titled 'A New Tool for Land Studies: Trails on Tresco', with manuscript revisions, and a few related papers. The draft appears to relate to Nicholson's development of the 'Geogram'. See MSS. 15041/703-704 for further material relating to the Tresco Geogram project.

Contents of three large envelopes inscribed as 'Guiana Bird Notes'. Typescript notes on bird sightings (with dates) and characteristics, by species. Many entries contain a considerable amount of ornithological detail. There was no discernible organisation to the papers and they have been kept in the sequence in which they were found. (Folder 4 of 8)

Contents of three large envelopes inscribed as 'Guiana Bird Notes'. Typescript notes on bird sightings (with dates) and characteristics, by species. Many entries contain a considerable amount of ornithological detail. There was no discernible organisation to the papers and they have been kept in the sequence in which they were found. (Folder 5 of 8)

Contents of three large envelopes inscribed as 'Guiana Bird Notes'. Typescript notes on bird sightings (with dates) and characteristics, by species. Many entries contain a considerable amount of ornithological detail. There was no discernible organsation to the papers and they have been kept in the sequence in which they were found. (Folder 6 of 8)

Contents of three large envelopes inscribed as 'Guiana Bird Notes'. Typescript notes on bird sightings (with dates) and characteristics, by species. Many entries contain a considerable amount of ornithological detail. There was no discernible organisation to the papers and they have been kept in the sequence in which they were found. (Folder 7 of 8)

Contents of three large envelopes inscribed as 'Guiana Bird Notes'. Typescript notes on bird sightings (with dates) and characteristics, by species. Many entries contain a considerable amount of ornithological detail. There was no discernible organisation to the papers and they have been kept in the sequence in which they were found. (Folder 8 of 8)

A typescript draft of Oxford University British Guiana Expedition. Ornithological Paper 1. Includes some manuscript revisions.

Contains a typescript draft of Communal Display in Humming Birds, published in The Ibis, January 1931. Includes a letter regarding the publication, rough manuscript notes on the back of the 1930 letter from British Birds and a reprint.

A typescript draft with manuscript revisions of an article published in The Ibis, 'Field Notes on the Guiana King Humming Bird', Jul 1931.

Further writing on the expedition, chiefly by Nicholson. Included are the following: an incomplete typescript account of the expedition, c.1903-1931; incomplete typescript draft (maybe from a published talk) headed 'Orn. Res. O.U. B.G.X. O.O.S. Paper 3.12.31'; cuttings of newspaper articles on the expedition, one by Nicholson, 1929-1930.

Miscellaneous correspondence arising from the expedition, 1929-1930.

Miscellaneous papers included are typescript notes for 'Guiana - teritory paper' and rough sketches, some headed 'Boundary trail'.

Set of detailed manuscript notes on birds observed at various stages of the trip (beginning at Karachi, Jun 3). Many of the notes are under the names of the bird species; other pages are headed with names of districts, locations or numbered 'Bird transects'. (Folder 1 of 2)