Ibis (journal)
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Ibis (formerly The Ibis), subtitled the International Journal of Avian Science, is the
History
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
- Series 1 was published from 1859 to 1864, in six volumes and 24 issues. The first editor was Philip Lutley Sclater (1829–1913).[7]
- Series 2 was published from 1865 to 1870, again in six volumes and 24 issues. The editor was Alfred Newton (1829–1907).[8]
- Series 3: 1871–1876 (six volumes, 24 issues). Editor: Osbert Salvin (1835–1898).[9][10]
- Series 4: 1877–1882 (six volumes, 24 issues). Editors: Osbert Salvin and Philip Lutley Sclater.[11]
- Series 5: 1883–1888 (six volumes). Editors: P.L. Sclater and Howard Saunders.
- Series 6: 1889–1894 (six volumes). Editor: P.L. Sclater.
- Series 7: 1895–1900 (six volumes). Editors: P.L. Sclater and Howard Saunders.
- Series 8: 1901–1906 (six volumes). Editors: P.L. Sclater and Arthur Humble Evans.
- Series 9: 1907–1912 (six volumes). Editors: P.L. Sclater and Arthur Humble Evans.
- Series 10: 1913–1918 (six volumes). Editor: William Lutley Sclater, the son of P.L. Sclater.
- Series 11: 1919–1924 (six volumes). Editor: W.L. Sclater.
- Series 12: 1925–1930 (six volumes).
- Series 13: 1931–1936 (six volumes). Editor: Claud Buchanan Ticehurst.
- Series 14: 1937–1942 (six volumes).
- From 1943 onward the volumes are numbered 85 etc.
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.
See also
References
- ^ The Ibis. British Ornithologists' Union. 1859.
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- ^ Johnson (2004), p. 515.
- ^ Sclater (1859), pp. iii.
- ^ Sclater (1859), pp. iv.
- ^ See p. i–xvi for the general index of series 1 on author and title, in Internet Archive.
- ^ See p. i–xxii for the general index of series 2.
- ^ See p. i–xiv for the general index of series 3.
- ^ See complete index of series 1, 2 and 3, with index of genera and species (422 pages), and nine pages index of plates.
- ^ See p. i–xxiv for the general index of series 4.
- ^ P.L. Sclater, cited in Johnson (2004), p. 519
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- ^ 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
Sources
- Johnson, Kristin (2004). ""The Ibis": Transformations in a Twentieth Century British Natural History Journal". Journal of the History of Biology. 37 (3): 515–555. S2CID 83849594.
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- Sclater, Philip Lutley (1859). "Preface". The Ibis. 1: i–v.
External links
- Official website
- The Ibis in Biodiversity Heritage Library (1859-1922)
- Ibis in onlinelibrary.wiley.com
- Out of copyright volumes of The Ibis at Internet Archive
- Ibis in HathiTrust Digital Library