'Report on the 'British Birds' Census of Heronries: drafts and notes
MS. 15041/871
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
'Report on the 'British Birds' Census of Heronries: drafts and notes
Shelfmark
MS. 15041/871
Summary
Incomplete manuscript draft (untitled); various pages of manuscript notes, mostly by Nicholson, relating to the 1928 census and earlier ideas on bird censuses.
Included are notes on a fragment of a letter from The Spectator regarding the US Bird Census. This fragment was found in an envelope inscribed in Nicholson's hand as follows: 'A MS on a Spectator receipt [sic] probably the earliest note on US Bird Census leading to EMN's Census development in England'. The date '1925' is also inscribed on the envelope which has been retained.
Date
1925, c.1928
Language
English
Physical extent
6 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of Edward Max Nicholson
SECTION F PUBLICATIONS
Drafts
Heron census papers
'Report on the 'British Birds' Census of Heronries: drafts and notes
