James Henry Fleming

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Portrait from Bird Lore (1903)

James Henry Fleming (

British Ornithological Union; Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society of London; and Membre d'Honneur Étranger of the Société Ornithologique et Mammalogique de France.[1]

He was an honorary (but active) member of the Brodie Club,

Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology. Over his life he amassed a vast collection of specimens, numbering over 32,000, and a large ornithological library considered to be one of the largest and most representative private collections at the time. This research collection went to The Royal Ontario Museum upon his death.[1]

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