Evelyn Arthur Smythies , Order of the Indian Empire CIE 1885 1975 , was a distinguished forester and philatelist , born of British parents in India. Smythies was an expert on the ecology of Uttarakhand ... , and Canada produced groundbreaking handbooks on which philatelists rely, even today. Forestry Smythies ... 1940 through 1947. ref http www.s asian.cam.ac.uk Handlist S.htm SMYTHIES Nepal under the Ranas, Notes written in 1967. ref Smythies The Forest Wealth of India appeared in 1924. That same year, with C. G. Trevor he authored Practical Forestry Management. ref E. A. Smythies and A. C. G. Trevor, Practical ..., Allahabad, Government Press, United Provinces 1923 ref Smythies and Jim Corbett hunter Major Edward ... . Philately The Half Anna Lithographed Stamps of India, a monograph by Smythies and Denys R. Martin appeared in 1927. Martin and Smythies also produced a pioneering study of the 1854 Four Annas, which won the 1932 Crawford Medal of the Royal Philatelic Society London . Other Smythies monographs appeared on the stamps of Nepal , written with L. E. Dawson and H. D. S. Haverbeck ref Smythies, L ... and Kashmir , written with L. E. Dawson. ref http www.kashmirstamps.ca DawsonContents.html E. A. Smythies ..., The Mall, Lahore 1937 ref In 1956 Smythies interest shifted to Canadian stamps and postal history ... for Smythies these include Jean de Sperati , Angelo Panelli and Philip Spiro ref http data4.collectionscanada.ca ... 565. ref Smythies was active in the philatelic community. He was a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic .... Smythies was honored as a Order of the Indian Empire Companion of the Indian Empire . Smythies wife, Olive, was the author of The Tiger Lady . Their elder son, Bertram E. Smythies , was known for his ... Smythies is a distinguished neuropsychiatrist and neurophilosopher and author of 14 books in these subjects. Works E. A. Smythies and A. C. G. Trevor, Practical Forestry Management a handbook with special ... 1923 E. A. Smythies, India s Forest Wealth. India of today 4 1 137. London, Humphrey Milford Oxford ... more details
Portal Anglicanism The Right Reverend Rt Rev Charles Alan Smythies , Doctor of Divinity DD ref The Times , Friday 27 June 1890 pg. 5 Issue 33040 col F University Intelligence. Oxford, 26 June ref 1844 1894 was a Colony Colonial Bishop in the second half of the Nineteenth Century . ref The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory London, Hamilton & Co 1889 ref Charles Alan Smythies was born in Colchester , ref http www.sttudy.org.uk Books CaptainHoratiusJamesCannan PDFs Chapter5.pdf Genealogical web site ref educated at Trinity College, Cambridge , ref Venn id SMTS863CA name Smythies, Charles Allan or Alan ref and ordained in 1869. His first post was a Curate curacy in Great Marlow after which he was Vicar of Roath . He was consecrated Bishop of Nyasaland in St Paul s Cathedral on St. Andrew s Day 30 November 1883 and died on 7 May 1894. ref The Times , Friday 11 May 1894 pg. 10 Issue 34261 col A Obituary Bishop Smythies ref Notes Reflist External links http anglicanhistory.org africa umca smythies index.html The Life of Charles Alan Smythies S start S rel en S bef before Edward Steere S ttl title Bishop of Nyasaland years 1883 &ndash 1894 S aft after Wilfrid Bird Hornby End Bishops of Nyasaland Africa in topic Christianity in Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Smythies, Charles Alan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1844 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1894 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Smythies, Charles Alan Category 1844 births Category People from Colchester Category Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Category Anglican missionaries Category 19th century Anglican bishops Category Bishops of Nyasaland Category 1894 deaths Anglican bishop stub ... more details
John Smythies M.D. F.R.C.P. is a neuropsychiatrist , neuroscientist and philosophy neurophilosopher Biography Smythies was born on November 30, 1922 in Naini Tal, United Provinces, India, where his father E.A. Smythies Evelyn Arthur Smythies a noted philatelist was employed by the Department of Forests. His brother Bertram E. Smythies Bertram Evelyn Bill Smythies became a prominent ornithologist. His cousins on the Smythies side include Richard Dawkins , Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood . In 1932 Smythies enrolled at Cheltenham College Junior School, transferred to Rugby School in 1936, and thence ... , Smythies decided to tackle the mind brain problem in a systematic way i.e. by undertaking a rigorous ... has been extensively reviewed by John Geiger 24 . Then Smythies worked a further two years ... he stayed for eighteen years 27 . In 1956 Smythies published his first book Analysis of Perception ... 36 . Smythies gives an account of his work on synaptic plasticity in his book The Dynamic Neuron 2002 8 . Smythies has served as President of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology from ... 11 and, in particular, theories of brain consciousness relations 12 17 . Smythies has held positions ... of Perception , the author Aldous Huxley credits Smythies with having inspired him to take the substance. Personal life On December 2, 1950 Smythies married Vanna Gattorno of Trieste, Italy. They have ... Coins in the Fountain 34 . Smythies is also the author of a book of poems entitled Poems from the Edge of Time 35 , and a satirical play The Trial of God 36 References 1. Smythies J.R. Schizophrenia Chemistry, Metabolism and Treatment. Springfield, Illinois, Charles C. Thomas, 1963. 2. Smythies J.R .... 3. Smythies J.R. Biological Psychiatry. London, Heinemann, 1968. German edition, 1971. 4. Smythies ..., 1984. 5. Smythies J.R & Osmond H. 1952 Schizophrenia. A New Approach. J Ment Sci., 98 309 316. 6. Smythies ... Review of Neurobiology, San Diego, Elsevier, 2004. 7. Smythies J. R. Hallucinogenic Drugs , Chapter ... more details
Bertram Evelyn Bill Smythies 11 July 1912 Nainital , India 27 June 1999 Redhill, England was a United Kingdom British forester and ornithologist . Smythies was born in India , to E. A. Smythies , silviculture silviculturist of Uttar Pradesh and, in the 1940s, Chief Conservator of Forest of Nepal , and his wife, Olive, well known author of The Tiger Lady . After school in the UK , Bill read botany and forestry at Balliol College, Oxford . Bill s grandfather came to India in 1873 to join the Indian Forest Service and served until 1902 around Dehra Dun . His father had degrees in forestry and geology from Oxford and served in the Indian Forest Service from 1908 to 1940. He was based in Nainital , where Bill was born in 1912. He wrote ... started hill trekking at the age of six months, camping in tents in the hills of Kumaon... brought up within sight of Nanda Devi and Trisul who could fail to have a love of mountains and natural history? Smythies father took up a contract post of Forest Advisor to the Maharaja of Nepal and moved to Kathmandu after 1940 and stayed on till 1947. During this time Bill used to visit his father in Nepal and had access to places that were normally out of bounds for foreigners. Bill Smythies joined the Burma Forest Service in 1934 and during this time he explored the botany and ornithology of these Burmese regions with his Jingpo people Kachin guide and friend ... of his wife, he established an annual Jill Smythies Award through the Linnean Society of London ... Polunin and Jill Smythies Flowers of Greece References Davison, G.W.H. 1999 . B.E. Smythies. In Smythies ... Kota Kinabalu . ISBN 983 812 028 6 Wright, Belinda. 1999 . Obituary Bertram Bill Smythies. OBC Bulletin 30 Nov 1999 7 8. External links http www.linnean.org index.php?id 43 The Jill Smythies Award Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Smythies ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British ... DEFAULTSORT Smythies Category 1912 births Category 1999 deaths Category British ornithologists Category ... more details
Wittgenstein Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology, and Religious Belief is a series of notes transcribed by Yorick Smythies , Rush Rhees , and James Taylor from assorted lectures by Ludwig Wittgenstein , and published in 1967. ref http www.springerlink.com content n254782t5l634186 ref The lectures, at which Casimir Lewy was present, contain Wittgenstein s thoughts about aesthetics and religion , alongside a critique of psychoanalysis . Wittgensteinian fideism originates from the remarks in the Lectures . References reflist Category Ludwig Wittgenstein Category Aesthetics literature Category Philosophy of religion literature Category Books about psychoanalysis ... more details
and berries, though insects are also taken. ref name Smythies & Davison, 1999, pp.486 ref name Davison ... Smythies & Davison, 1999, pp.486 Notes reflist References Davison, Geoffrey W.H. & Gale, John. 1992 ... Sabah Berhad Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia. ISBN 983 812 000 6 Smythies, B.E. & Davison, G.W.H. 1999 . The Birds ... more details
Lionel Edward Dawson 1887 ref Distinguished Philatelists Further Addenda by Wolfgang Hellrigl Wolfgang C. Hellrigl in The London Philatelist , Vol. 116, p. 188. ref 1976 ref name abps http www.abps.org.uk Home Who Was Who index.xalter D Who Was Who in British Philately Association of British Philatelic Societies 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2011. ref was a philatelist who won the Crawford Medal from the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work on the One Anna and Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854 55. He was an expert on the stamps of India and the Feudatory States and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1961. ref name abps Dawson was the Editor of the Philatelic Journal of India between 1934 and 1944. In 1954 he delivered a paper to The Royal on The Locally Printed Stamps of Tibet, 1912 1953 which was subsequently printed in The London Philatelist ref Vol. 63, pp. 30 35. ref and in 1955 he won the Tilleard Medal from the society for his display of Indian Feudatory States. ref name abps Publications The Postage Stamps of Jammu & Kashmir Simplified . Lahore Philatelic Society of India, 1937. With E.A. Smythies http www.kashmirstamps.ca DawsonContents.html Online excerpts. The One Anna & Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854 55 . Birmingham H. Garratt Adams & Co. for the Philatelic Society of India , 1948. The Postage Stamps of Nepal . New York The Collectors Club, 1952. With E.A. Smythies and H.D.S. Haverbeck References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dawson, Lionel Edward ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1887 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1976 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dawson, Lionel Edward Category 1976 deaths Category 1887 births Category Philatelists Category Philately of India Category Philately of Tibet Philately stub ... more details
frames that were inverted. The surviving examples of this error are low in number. E. A. Smythies ... classic error.html first E. A. last Smythies title A Classic Stamp Error journal The American Philatelist ... that the error was known, but E. A. Smythies said the error was first noticed during a meeting of the Philatelic ... mjshah.geo articles classic error.html E. A. Smythies , A Classic Stamp Error, The American Philatelist ... from its cover for study. The provenance of several other examples is described in Martin and Smythies .... Martin and E. A. Smythies, The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854 55 London, Philatelic ... more details
Moulin Prof. O.V. Muller F.N. Schiller Mr. P. Aylwyn Selfe E. A. Smythies E.A. Smythies Charles Stewart ... The society had a particularly strong publishing record with Martin and Smythies The Four Annas Lithographed ... Smythies. The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854 55. Stanley Gibbons for the society, 1930. Smythies, E.A. & Dawson, L.E. The Postage Stamps of Jammu & Kashmir Simplified . Lahore, 1937. http www.kashmirstamps.ca DawsonContents.html Online excerpts. Roberts, Col. G.L. & E.A. Smythies ... more details
taxobox image Calicotome spinosa flowers .jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Fabales familia Fabaceae genus Calicotome species C. spinosa binomial Calicotome spinosa binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link Link Calicotome spinosa known as thorny broom or spiny broom is a very spiny, densely branched shrub of the legume family Fabaceae which can reach up to three metres in height. It grows in the Western Mediterranean region on sunny slopes and dry, rocky ground. It is found in Spain , France , Italy , Croatia and Algeria and has been introduced to New Zealand . From March to June it produces bright yellow flowers which are borne singly or in small clusters. The seed pods are 30mm long and are almost hairless, unlike those of the similar species Calicotome villosa . References David Burnie 1995 Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean. ISBN 0 7513 2761 1 Oleg Polunin & B. E. Smythies 1973 Flowers of South West Europe a field guide. ISBN 0 19 217625 0 T. G. Tutin et al. 1968 Flora Europaea, Volume 2. ISBN 0 521 06662 X Category Faboideae Faboideae stub ar ca Argelaga negra co Ghjinestra cy Calicotome spinosa da H ret Torngyvel de Stacheliger Dornginster es Calicotome spinosa fr Calicotome spinosa it Calycotome spinosa sc Tir a vi Calicotome spinosa ... more details
Taxobox name Cream vented Bulbul image Cream vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex .jpg image caption status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Pycnonotidae genus Pycnonotus species P. simplex binomial Pycnonotus simplex binomial authority Ren Primev re Lesson Lesson , 1839 synonyms The Cream vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , and Thailand . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest s. File PycnonotusSimplexKeulemans.jpg thumb left Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans Keulemans , 1881 References BirdLife International 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 52231 all Pycnonotus simplex . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Smythies, B.E. & Davison, G.W.H. 1999 . The Birds of Borneo . Natural History Publications Borneo Kota Kinabalu. ISBN 983 812 028 6 Category Pycnonotus Pycnonotidae stub es Pycnonotus simplex fr Bulbul aux yeux blancs hu Feh rszem b lb l ms Burung Merbah Mata Putih pl Bilbil okularowy pt Pycnonotus simplex sv Vit gd bulbyl ... more details
Jal Manekji Cooper FRGS died August 1972 was an India n philately philatelist , and an expert and authenticator ref http www.filatelia.fi experts marks cooper.jpg Cooper s authentication mark ref of the postage stamps and postal history of India . Cooper was also a FRGS Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the author of several philatelic handbooks. He was both a stamp dealer ref http www.stampsofindia.com newssite vando trans 001.htm Philately in Transition in India ref and a collector and was associated with philatelists like C. D. Desai , ref Cooper, Jal Foreword to the auction catalog The Unique Collection of India offered by order of the Executors of the late Mr. C. D. Desai, F.R.P.S.L., Robson Lowe London , May 25 and 26, 1949. Sale Nos. 838 841. ref N. D. Cooper, and Robson Lowe . Cooper is occasionally but erroneously credited with having discovered the Inverted Head 4 Annas . The 1891 reprints show that this error was already known. E. A. Smythies said the error was first discovered at a meeting of the Royal Philatelic Society London Philatelic Society of London in 1874. ref http web.archive.org web 20091028105908 http geocities.com mjshah.geo articles classic error.html E. A. Smythies , A Classic Stamp Error, The American Philatelist American Philatelist 1950 , pp. 59, 60. ref The Jal Cooper Philatelic Society , in Varanasi , India, is named after him and India Post issued a 10 rupees commemorative stamp in 1997 depicting Cooper and Indian Cancellation mail postmark s, on the occasion of INDEPEX 97. Selected publications Stamps of India , Bombay 1942 , 177 pp. reprint Bombay 1968 . Early Indian Cancellations , Bombay 1948 92 pp. reprint Bombay 1993 . India Used Abroad Western Printers and Publishers Press of Bombay 1950 100 pp. reprinted in India s Stamp Journal 1972 India Used In Burma Western Printers and Publishers Press of Bombay 1950 67 pp. References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cooper, Jal Manekji ALTERNATIVE N ... more details
on Mantanani Island are for at least 100 birds. ref name S&D Smythies & Davison 1999 . ref ... title The Birds of Borneo author Smythies, B.E. & Davison, G.W.H. year 1999 publisher Natural History ... more details
The N Mai River or May Kha River lang my , IPA my m k a mj also called N Mai Hka is a river in northern Myanmar Burma . The N Mai, runs parallel to the Mali River , and has its source in the Himalaya glaciers of Northern Myanmar at about 28 north latitude. ref name Floradiversity Kalaya Lu, http www.myanmar education.edu.mm moe main moert download yu kalayarlu.doc Abstract Floradiversity of North eastern Kachin Myanmar Section of Sino himalaya N mai Hka Than Lwin Water Division , Myitkyina University, Faculty of Botanics, 2006. Accessed June 27, 2009. ref It is not navigable because of strong currents. The N mai River ends at its confluence Myit son with the Mali River in Kachin State where the two rivers form the start of the Ayeyarwady River . The confluence is one of the most significant cultural heritage sites for the Kachin people and an important landmark for all of Burma. ref name Dams Burma Rivers Network, http www.burmariversnetwork.org dam projects irrawaddynmaimali.html Irrawaddy N Mai Mali Dams , 2009 ref Construction of the Myitsone Dam has begun at this confluence. The British forester and ornithologist, Bertram E. Smythies studied the area in the 1940s. ref B. E. Smythies, http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 120815570 abstract?CRETRY 1&SRETRY 0 A Reconnaissance of the N Mai Hka Drainage, Northern Burma , Ibis, Volume 91 Issue 4, Pages 627 648, Wiley. ref More recently, Kalaya Lu, Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Botany at Myitkyina University between 2002 and 2006, published a paper on plant diversity in the river watershed, concluding it consists of many different ecosystems, changing in elevation from 800 metres to more than 4,600 metres, and containing among the richest areas of Sino Himalaya flora diversity in the world. ref name Floradiversity In 2007, the government of Myanmar signed an agreement with China Power Investment Corporation to construct a series of dams on the Ayeyarwady, Mali, and N Mai rivers. Up to five dams ... more details
Kiladar was a title for the governor of a fort or large town in medieval India , particularly in the Mughal Empire . ref name Survey1885 cite book last Survey first India. Archaeological title Reports url http books.google.com books?id F0zIofMGrskC&pg PA122 accessdate 13 June 2010 year 1885 publisher Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing pages 122 ref The office of Kiladar had the same functions as that of Castellan . ref name TaylorBruce1920 cite book last1 Taylor first1 Alice Meadows last2 Bruce first2 Henry title The story of my life url http books.google.com books?id phJFAAAAIAAJ&pg PA312 accessdate 13 June 2010 year 1920 publisher H. Milford, Oxford university press pages 312 ref Etymology The title is composed of the Hindi word for fort Kila , and the suffix Dar , signifying an occupation. The military historian R.H.R. Smythies originally translated the term as Custodian of the Fort . ref name Smythies1894 cite book last Smythies first Raymond Henry Raymond title Historical records of the 40th 2nd Somersetshire Regiment, now 1st Battalion the Prince of Wales s Volunteers South Lancashire Regiment . From its formation, in 1717 to 1893 url http books.google.com books?id MvT O4I0xjAC&pg PA256 accessdate 13 June 2010 year 1894 publisher Printed for the subscribers by A.H. Swiss pages 256 ref ref name SmithCunningham1887 cite book last1 Smith first1 Vincent Arthur last2 Cunningham first2 Sir Alexander title General index to the reports of the Archaeological Survey of India, volumes I to XXIII url http books.google.com books?id 7kYpAQAAIAAJ&pg PA207 accessdate 13 June 2010 year 1887 publisher Printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing pages 207 ref History A Kiladar was the official commander of a fort usually chosen by the Mughal Emperor , after a successful siege. Kiladars were particularly honored by Akbar during his campaigns and later by Muhammad Shah . ref name Chaurasia2004 cite book last Chaurasia first R.S. title History of the Marat ... more details
taxobox image N. macfarlanei1.jpg image caption A lower pitcher of N. macfarlanei status VU status system iucn2.3 regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Nepenthaceae genus Nepenthes species N. macfarlanei binomial Nepenthes macfarlanei binomial authority William Hemsley botanist Hemsl. 1905 synonyms collapsible list bullets true title small Heterochresonym s small Nepenthes macfarlanei br small auct. non William Hemsley botanist Hemsl. Bertram E. Smythies Smythies 1965 ref Smythies, B.E. 1965. The distribution and ecology of pitcher plants Nepenthes in Sarawak. UNESCO Humid Tropics Symposium, June July 1963, Kuching, Sarawak. ref br nowiki nowiki Nepenthes lowii N. lowii small Nepenthes macfarlanei IPAc en icon n p n i z m k f r l e n i . a after John Muirhead Macfarlane , botanist is a carnivorous plant carnivorous pitcher plant species endemic to Peninsular Malaysia . It produces attractive red speckled pitchers. Lower pitchers are ovoid to cylindrical and up to 20 cm high. The lower surface of the lid is densely covered with short, white hairs. This is a characteristic morphology biology morphological feature of this species, but at present its function is unknown. ref Clarke, C.M. 2002. A Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia . Natural History Publications Borneo , Kota Kinabalu. ref Natural hybrids The following natural Hybrid biology hybrids involving N. macfarlanei have been recorded. N. macfarlanei × Nepenthes ramispina N. ramispina ref name Clarke N. macfarlanei × Nepenthes sanguinea N. sanguinea ref name Clarke In Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia , Charles Clarke botanist Charles Clarke lists the natural hybrid Nepenthes gracillima N. gracillima × N. macfarlanei . ref name Clarke Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia . Natural History Publications Borneo , Kota Kinabalu. ref At the ... more details
italictitle The Banksias , by Celia Rosser , is a three volume series of monographs containing paintings of every Banksia species. Its publication represented the first time such a large genus had been entirely painted by a single botanical artist . It has been described as one of the outstanding botanical works of this century. ref name Nokomis cite web url http nokomis.com.au banksias.html title The Banksias accessdate 2007 03 25 ref The paintings themselves are watercolour painting watercolours on Arches rag paper. The three volumes comprise plates reproduced using offset printing , and bound in green leather. ref name Studio International cite web url http www.studio international.co.uk painting banksias.asp title The Banksias Watercolours publisher Studio International accessdate 2007 03 25 ref Alex George wrote the accompanying text. Rosser began working on the series in 1974. Volume I of The Banksias , containing 24 plates, was published in 1981. The edition comprised 730 books and 100 portfolios. Volume II, published in 1988, also contained 24 plates, and was also released in an edition of 730 books and 100 portfolios. Volume III, completed in 2000, contained 28 plates, and was released in an edition of 530 books and 300 portfolios. ref name Studio International Since the publication of Volume III, a new Banksia , Banksia rosserae B. rosserae has been described Rosser subsequently painted it and released a set of prints. In 2007, the genus Banksia ser. Dryandra Dryandra was transferred to Banksia , so there are now a great many Banksia species that have not been painted by Rosser. Each volume of The Banksia s has been presented to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom the Queen by the Australian Government as a gift of the Australian people. Largely on the basis of her work for The Banksias , Rosser was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia 1995 for her contribution to botanical art, and the Jill Smythies Award for botanical art in 1997. References ref ... more details
Taxobox name Red legged Crake image Red Legged Crake.jpg status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Gruiformes familia Rallidae genus Rallina species R. fasciata binomial Rallina fasciata binomial authority Stamford Raffles Raffles , 1822 The Red legged Crake Rallina fasciata is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae . Description Medium large crake length 24 cm . Head, neck and breast red brown, paler on throat. Upperparts grey brown. Underparts and underwing barred black and white. Bill green legs and feet red. Distribution and habitat North eastern India , southern Burma , Thailand , Malay Peninsula , Borneo and Indonesia . Recorded as a vagrant to north western Australia . Found in dense vegetation close to permanent wetland s. Behaviour Breeding Clutch of 3 6 dull white eggs. Voice Series of descending croaks, screams and grunts. Conservation With a large range and no evidence of significant decline, this species is assessed as being of Least Concern . References BirdLife International. 2007 . Species factsheet Rallina fasciata. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 14 6 2007 Marchant, S. Higgins, P.J. & Davies, J.N. eds . 1994 . Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2 Raptors to Lapwings . Oxford University Press Melbourne. ISBN 0 19 553069 1 Smythies, B.E. & Davison, G.W.H. 1999 . The Birds of Borneo . Natural History Publications Borneo , in association with the Sabah Society Kota Kinabalu. ISBN 983 812 028 6 Category Rallina Category Birds of Australia Category Birds of Thailand Category Birds of Indonesia Category Birds of Burma Category Birds of India Category Birds of Malaysia Gruiformes stub ca Rasclet cama roig es Rallina fasciata fr R le barr it Rallina fasciata pnb fi Punakoipir ikk sv R dbent bandrall zh ... more details
Use British English date February 2012 Use dmy dates date February 2012 Portal Anglicanism The Right Reverend Rt Rev William Moore Richardson 1844 6 March 1915 was Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar ref The Times, Tuesday 9 March 1915 pg. 11 Issue 40797 col E Obituary Bishop Richardson ref from 1895 ref Who was Who 1897 1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X ref until 1901. He was born in 1844,educated at Rossall School and Merton College, Oxford and ordained in 1869 ref The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory London, John Phillips, 1900 ref . He held Vicar incumbencies at Wolvercote and Ponteland ref http ndfhs.org.uk OI misc NBL NTW NTW PON.htm Ponteland St Mary ref before his elevation to the Episcopate . On his return from Africa he was Churchwarden Warden of the Community of St Thomas the Martyr in Oxford until his retirement in 1910. He died on 6 March 1915 ref http www.guildofallsouls.org.uk In 20Memoriam 20March.htm Guild of all souls ref . S start S rel en S bef before Charles Alan Smythies S ttl title Bishop of Zanzibar years 1895 1901 S aft after John Edward Hine End References reflist colwidth 30em Bishops of Zanzibar Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Richardson, William Moore ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1844 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 6 March 1915 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Richardson, William Moore Category 1844 births Category People educated at Rossall School Category Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Category Bishops of Zanzibar Category Anglo Catholic bishops Category 1915 deaths ... more details
Portal Anglicanism The Right Reverend Rt Rev Edward Steere was a Colony Colonial Bishop in the second half of the 19th century. ref http www.zanzibarhistory.org zanzibar christians.htm Zanzibar Christians ref br He was born in 1828, educated at London University and ordained in 1850. ref The Times , Tuesday, Aug 29, 1882 pg. 6 Issue 30598 col D Obituary ref After Curate curacies in Devon and Lincolnshire he joined William George Tozer Bishop Tozer 7 years later. He was created Bishop of Nyasaland ref The Historical study of African religion Ranger, T.O Kimambo,I.N Berkeley University of California Press, 1972 ISBN ISBN 0520078357 ref in 1874 and died on 26 August 1882. ref The Times , Tuesday, Sep 19, 1882 pg. 4 Issue 30616 col F Bishop Steere And His Work ref S start S rel en S bef before William George Tozer S ttl title Bishop of Nyasaland years 1874 &ndash 1882 S aft after Charles Alan Smythies End Notes Reflist Bishops of Nyasaland Africa in topic Christianity in Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Steere, Edward ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 4TH OF MAY 1828 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1882 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Steere, Edward Category 1828 births Category Alumni of the University of London Category Anglican missionaries Category 19th century Anglican bishops Category Bishops of Nyasaland Category 1882 deaths Anglican bishop stub ... more details
unreferenced date March 2011 The H. H. Bloomer Award is an award of the Linnean Society established in 1963 from a legacy by the amateur naturalist Harry Howard Bloomer , awarded an amateur naturalist who has made an important contribution to biological knowledge 1963 J.E. Lousley 1964 CE. Raven 1965 E.C. Wallace 1966 D.L. Harrison 1967 A.G. Long 1968 Miriam L. Rothschild 1969 T.D.V. Swinscow 1970 A.E. Ellis 1971 J.G. Dony 1972 Marie sberg 1973 Ursula K. Duncan 1974 A.F. Millidge & G.H. Locket 1975 E.S. Edess 1976 F.C. Stinton 1977 D.H. Kent 1978 D.R. Rosevear 1979 B. Henrey 1980 J.N. Eliot 1981 D.E. Allen 1982 L.G. Higgins 1983 O.V. Polunin 1984 R.L.E. Ford 1985 B.E. Smythies 1986 W.J. Le Quesne 1987 M.C. Clark 1988 R.D. Ransome 1989 J.C. Gardiner 1990 M.J. Roberts 1991 H.D. Wilson 1992 K.A. Spencer 1993 D.C. McClintock 1994 Dennis Seaward 1995 B.E.G.M Allen 1996 J.H. Barrett 1997 J.R.I. Wood 1998 W.C. Wright 1999 R.H. Roberts 2000 No award 2001 M. Hess 2002 T.L. Blockeel & Anthony Galsworthy 2003 David Pearman 2004 R. FitzGerald 2005 Peter Chandler entomologist Peter Chandler 2006 Eric J. Clement 2007 John Tennent naturalist John Tennent 2008 Basil Harley 2009 Markku H kkinen 2010 No award DEFAULTSORT Bloomer Award Category Biology awards ... more details
Colonel Denys Richard Martin 1892 1970 . ref name bpt http www.abps.org.uk Home Who Was Who index.xalter Profile at Who Was Who in British Philately. http www.webcitation.org 5rtjm85CJ Archive here Retrieved 11 August 2010. ref ranks among the most distinguished philatelists of the Twentieth century. As a systematic scholar and prolific writer, Martin illuminated some of the most difficult topics and set a high standard for the study of the postage stamps and postal history of India and Burma. ref name bpt Life As a regular British Army officer of the Royal Engineers , Martin arrived in India during the First World War and travelled throughout the subcontinent during the next twenty years. Philately Martin s collection included postal history material from the Persian Field Force, the Abyssinian campaigns and the Treaty Ports, which are now in the Government of India s collection. ref These were exhibited by the Government of India s P & T Directorate during the International Stamp Exhibition in London, September 18 26, 1970. India Post Sep Oct 1970 ref He was a member of the India Study Circle . ref http www.indiastudycircle.org India Study Circle home page Bot generated title ref Awards Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London FRPSL . Crawford Medal for The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854 55, 1932. Signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1939. Publications D. R. Martin and E. A. Smythies, Half Anna Lithographed Stamps of India 1928 D. R. Martin and E. A. Smythies, The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854 55. Philatelic Society of India and Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London 1930 . D. R. Martin, five appendices in L. E. Dawson, The One Anna and Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854 55. Philatelic Society of India, H. Garratt Adams & Co. and Stanley Gibbons, Ltd., London 1948 Die I, A Stone, No. 7 p. 66 Die I, B Stone, Nos. 2, 28 and 64 p. 67 India, 1854. Pin Perforated p. 73 One Anna, 1854, Numbers Printed p. 75 ... more details
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