Ibis (journal)

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In 1858 the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) was formed. It was the first organization, devoted solely to the study of birds. One year later members of the BOU founded a (Quarterly) "Magazine of General Ornithology," entitled The Ibis. [4]

In the preface of the first issue of The Ibis the editor, Philip Lutley Sclater, recalls that in a meeting in the autumn of 1857 a group of ornithologists who would soon establish the British Ornithologists' Union, there was a "strong feeling that it would be advisable to establish a Magazine devoted solely to Ornithology." [5] A year later, in what was called "the annual assemblage" of November 1858, it was determined, after due consideration, "by those present that a Quarterly Magazine of General Ornithology should be established, that a limited subscription should be entered into to provide a fund for that purpose, and that the subscribers should form an 'Ornithological Union'. [6]

Series and editors

Geographical ornithology

In the first eighty years of its existence, a very large part of the contents of The Ibis was devoted to what is called "geographical ornithology", "the study of the birds of the different countries of the world" in the words of P.L. Sclater. [12] Sclater had given the start to this important trend in scientific ornithology in his 1858 article in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, entitled "On the Geographic Distribution of the Members of the Class Aves". [13] In this period British ornithology reflected the development of Britain as an empire. [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Ibis. British Ornithologists' Union. 1859.
  2. ↑ "Ibis editorial board". Ibis. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1474-919X.
  3. ↑ "Ibis News". Ibis. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1474-919X.
  4. ↑ Johnson (2004), p. 515.
  5. ↑ Sclater (1859), pp. iii.
  6. ↑ Sclater (1859), pp. iv.
  7. ↑ See p. i–xvi for the general index of series 1 on author and title, in Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ See p. i–xxii for the general index of series 2.
  9. ↑ See p. i–xiv for the general index of series 3.
  10. ↑ See complete index of series 1, 2 and 3, with index of genera and species (422 pages), and nine pages index of plates.
  11. ↑ See p. i–xxiv for the general index of series 4.
  12. ↑ P.L. Sclater, cited in Johnson (2004) , p. 519
  13. ↑ "On the General Geographical Distribution of the Members of the Class Aves". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology . 2 (7): 130–136. 1858. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1858.tb02549.x.
  14. ↑ Moreau (1959) , p. 32: "No doubt the preoccupation with widely extended geographical ornithology was fostered by the immensity of the areas over which British rule or influence stretched during the nineteenth century and for some time afterwards." and see Johnson (2004) , p. 519-520

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