 |
 |
Hello- maybe useful, or maybe not, British naturalists valued British-killed / British-taken specimens and there was quite a lot of discussion among naturalists on ascertaining the provenance of occurrences of rare birds in Britain (and on how mainland European birds came over among game birds to Leadenhall Market ). I wrote something in British Birds on this a few years back that has references on this, but I don’t have a PDF. https://britishbirds.co.uk/article/british-birds-november-2012/ Nineteenth-century ornithology, Leadenhall Market and fraud Following recent contributions in BB, this paper discusses some contemporary references to London’s Leadenhall Market as a source of specimens and explores the nature of investigations of notable records in the ‘early days’ of standardised ornithology. Collectors and ornithologists were well aware of the potential for fraud and their working methods were developed to minimise the possibility of it. Best wishes, Henry From: Paolo Viscardi <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: Paolo Viscardi <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Saturday, 12 August 2017 10:01 To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Fwd: Reference request Hello all, We've had an enquiry from Rhys Jones (see below) who is trying to track down mention in a paper of European specimens in British collections that have been mistaken as occurring in Britain. Has anyone published anything relating to this or can anyone recall reading a paper mentioning such a situation? If you have experience of this then I think Rhys would be keen to hear from you. Cheers! Paolo ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rhys Jones <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: 11 August 2017 at 16:51 Subject: Reference request To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Hi Paolo, I could do with a little help from you and the NatSCA team. I'm just about to publish a paper and I am missing a reference (two examples even better!). I am looking to reference: European samples collected and being submitted to British Museums. Over time the labels missing or mixed up and the specimen being mistakenly classified as from the Museums locality or somewhere in Britain. It is well known that historically Brits would go on European collection trips and donate the specimens to their local museum on their return. This is what I am trying to reference. I know that for this very reason I had to omit some very old museum samples when undertaking my own studies. Some of the labels were unreadable and others had lost their labels altogether. But I'm particularly interested in a reference for mixed up samples, especially European being considered British. I'm looking for papers that may have referenced this already. If anyone has any experience of this and I can quote them then thats also fantastic. They won't be the first! Everyone seems to be aware of this happening and yet references are slow coming! Thanks so much Paolo and please do pass on my thanks to NatSCA too. Rhys Dr Rhys Jones FLS FRSB MCIEEM CEnv Lecturer Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, The Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX Tel: +44 (0)2920 875768 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Dr Rhys Jones FLS FRSB MCIEEM CEnv Ddarlithydd Ysgol y Biowyddorau Caerdydd, Prifysgol Caerdydd, Adeilad Syr Martin Evans, Rhodfa’r Amgueddfa, Caerdydd, CF10 3AX Ffôn : +44 (0)2920 875768 Ebost: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>