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"J.A." (Andrews, J.) ( - ) Swanage, Dorset.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1885 Dorset Little Bittern.
"J.C." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the escaped 1900 Yorkshire Cranes.
"J.E.R." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1885 Durham Great Snipe.
"J.G.O." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1865 Norfolk White Stork.
"J.G.W." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1869 Wiltshire Little Bittern.
"J.H." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1870 Sussex Roller.
"J.H.T." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the two 1897 Caithness Bee-eaters.
"J.S." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1882 Suffolk Black Stork.
"J.W.B." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1876 Carmarthenshire Great Snipe.
Jackman, H. A. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the 1940 Devon Bee-eaters.
Jackson ( - )
Bird Notes Shot and owned the 1901 Northeast Scotland Black Kite.
Jackson ( - ) Newtown, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Found dead the 1903 Cumbria Night Heron.
Jackson ( - ) Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire.
Bird Notes Killed two 1863 Nottinghamshire Pallas's Sandgrouse.
Jackson ( - ) Dorset.
Bird Notes Owned the 1865 Dorset Squacco Heron.
Biography Bailiff to Earl of Ebdon.
Jackson (Meinertzhagen), Annie Constance (02/06/1889 - 06/07/1928) Swordale, Sutherland, Highland.
Bird Notes Examined and recorded the two 1910 Highland Gyr Falcons. Recorded the 1912 Highland Common Rosefinch. Shot and recorded the 1913 Argyll Barred Warbler.
Biography Married Richard Meinertzhagen. Donated eighty-six skins to the RMS, taken between 1905 and 1922 from around the Highland area.
Obituary British Birds 22: 58-59; Ibis 1928: 781; Scottish Naturalist 48: 130-132.
Jackson, Arthur John ( - ) Sittingbourne, Kent.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1873 Kent Greater Flamingo.
Jackson, Clement ( - ) Looe, Cornwall.
Bird Notes Preserved the 1842 At sea (Cornwall) Alpine Swift.
Jackson, C. G. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the two 1945 Leciestershire Black-winged Stilts.
Jackson, Harold R. ( - ) Grosvenor House, Hornsea, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the rejected 1907 Yorkshire Red-breasted Flycatcher.
Jackson, John ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1874 Yorkshire Glossy Ibis. Preserved the 1889 Durham Little Bittern. Restuffed the 1892 Cleveland Macqueen's Bustard.
Jackson, R. ( - ) Ipswich, Suffolk.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1913 Suffolk Roller.
Jackson, William ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1860's Derbyshire Night Heron.
Jacob, Henry ( - ) Royal Cliff, Sandown, Isle of Wight.
Bird Notes Shot the 1875 Wight Little Bustard.
Jalland, Boswell G. ( - ) Sutton, Hull, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the two 1921 Yorkshire Rose-coloured Starlings.
Jalland, B. J. ( - ) Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Saw the two 1921 Yorkshire Rose-coloured Starlings
Jalland, G. W. ( - ) Holderness House, Hull, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1892 Yorkshire Barred Warbler. Shot the rejected 1892 Yorkshire White-throated Sparrow.
James ( - ) Tresco, Isles of Scilly.
Bird Notes Sent the 1847 Scilly Scops Owl to E. H. Rodd.
Biography Steward.
James, C. K. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1947 Norfolk Solitary Sandpiper. Recorded the 1947 Norfolk Gull-billed Tern.
James, C. M. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the two 1948 Sussex Pectoral Sandpipers.
Jamrach, W. ( - ) London.
Bird Notes Importer of birds such as Siberian Crane.
Jardine, Bart., Sir William (28/02/1800 - 21/11/1874) Jardine Hall, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries & Galloway.
Bird Notes His gamekeeper saw the rejected Black-winged Stilt. Owned the two rejected pre1833 Highland Parrot Crossbills. Owned the 1844 Dumfries & Galloway American Bittern. Owned the 1854 Caithness Ivory Gull. Recorded the 1855 Northeast Scotland Surf Scoter in his MS. Owned the 1863 Dumfries & Galloway Blue-winged Teal. Owned the 1864 Dumfriesshire Roller.
Biography Naturalist. Author. See Sir William Jardine A Life in Natural History, by C. E. Jackson & P. Davis (2001). His collection of 8673 bird skins was sold at auction by Messrs. Puttock & Simpson on Thursday, 17th June, 1886, and realised £217.2s.6d. Died at Sandown, Isle of Wight.
Obituary Field 28th Nov., 1874: 568; Ibis 1875: 522-523.
Jarvis ( - )
Bird Notes Employed by Picken and set up the 1901 Lancashire Lesser Kestrel.
Jary, Capt. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the rejected 1854 Norfolk Eastern Meadowlark.
Biography Brother-in-law of Mr. Rev. Henry Temple Frere.
Jary, G. "Newcome" (1859 - 00/12/1934) Norfolk.
Bird Notes Saw the 1910 Norfolk Caspian Tern.
Biography Watcher for the Norfolk Naturalists' Society from spring 1900 on Breydon Water. Saw flocks of rare terns. See Tooley (2004: 48-49). His boat was moored in the Ship Drain on the north side of Breydon, Norfolk.
Jeans, George ( - ) Bilsby, Lincolnshire.
Bird Notes Recorded the imported 1853 Norfolk Eagle Owl. Recorded the 1856 Lincolnshire Little Bustard.
Biography Brother-in-law of the Rev. J. Bramhall.
Jeary, W. H. ( - ) Burlingham Hall, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1842 Yorkshire Whiskered Tern.
Jefferson, T. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot two of the five 1908 Northumberland Glossy Ibis.
Jeffery, jun., W. ( - ) Ratham, Chichester, Sussex.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1863 Sussex Red-winged Starling. Recorded the 1865 Sussex White Stork. Recorded and examined the 1869 Sussex Little Bittern. Recorded the two rejected 1876 Sussex Night Herons. Recorded the 1876 Sussex Glossy Ibis.
Jeffery, Walter ( - ) Gosport, Hampshire.
Bird Notes Preserved and recorded the 1884 Hampshire Scops Owl.
Biography Relative to William Jeffery, Ratham, Sussex.
Jefferys, T. B. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1890 Somerset Rose-coloured Starling.
Jeffreys, C. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1874 Denbighshire Roller.
Jeffreys, Frederick ( - ) Grainsby, Lincolnshire; Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.
Bird Notes Preserved the 1888 Lincolnshire Night Heron. Preserved the 1902 Lincolnshire Great Bustard.
Jell, George ( - ) Lydd, Kent.
Bird Notes Preserved the 1856 Kent Black Stork. Preserved the 1871 Kent March White Stork. Preserved the 1871 Kent May White Stork.
Biography Gurney called him an excellent taxidermist.
Jenkins, H. ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1864 Hampshire Pine Grosbeak.
Jenkins, John Jacob ( - ) Isles of Scilly.
Bird Notes Caught the 1903 Scilly American Bittern.
Jenkinson, F. Rev. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot one of the 1870 Scilly Pectoral Sandpiper. Shot the 1885 Scilly Killdeer.
Biography Son of John H. Jenkinson. Cousin of Augustus John Smith (1804-72) Lord Proprietor of the Isles of Scilly for 37 years.
Jenkinson, John H. ( - ) Ockyle, Crowborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Bird Notes Shot the 1852 Scilly Gull-billed Tern. Shot the 1854 Scilly Glossy Ibis. Informed E. H. Rodd of the 1854 Scilly White-rumped Sandpiper. Infromed E. H. Rodd of the 1854 Scilly Short-toed Lark. Caught the 1863 Scilly Red-breasted Flycatcher. Killed the 1865 Scilly Red-breasted Flycatcher. Obtained the 1866 Scilly Glossy Ibis. Shot one of the 1870 Pectoral Sandpiper on Scilly. Recorded the 1895 Scilly Gyr Falcon.
Biography Sportsman/Shooter. J. Clark & F. Rodd (1906: 242) in the Zoologist, say: 'During the last sixty years Mr. J. H. Jenkinson has paid many visits to the islands, chiefly during the autumn and winter, and with his son, Mr. F. Jenkinson, has very greatly increased our knowledge of the local fauna. Some years ago he prepared a manuscript list of the birds of Scilly for use at the Abbey, which has been added to from time to time by Mr. T. A. Dorrien Smith, the Lord Proprietor of the islands, who for the last twenty five years has taken the keenest interest in local ornithology.'
Nephew of Augustus Pechell, fellow ‘sportsman’ visitor on the Isles of Scilly.
Robinson (2003) adds: 'One-time mid-19th century vicar of St. Mary's, Scilly, and of Reading in Berkshire. Responsible for shooting many of the rarities.'
Jenyns, Rev. Leonard (1800 - 01/09/1893) Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire; Belmont, Bath, Avon.
Bird Notes Informed W. Yarrell about the 1835 Cambridgeshire Collared Pratincole. Recorded the two rejected 1824 Cornwall Little Egrets.
Biography Vicar of Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, 1823-49. Later known as Rev. Leonard Blomefield. Author of The Ornithology of Cambridgeshire (1838). Friend of William Yarrell and went on many fishing explorations with him to the south coast.
Obituary Zoologist 1893: 394, 413.
Jerdon, Archibald (21/09/1819 - 28/01/1874)
Bird Notes Recorded the 1841 Borders Two-barred Crossbill. Recorded the duplicated 1845 Borders Two-barred Crossbill.
Biography Bolam (1912) says: 'Archibald Jerdon, of Bonjedward, near Jedburgh, was born there on 21st September, 1819, and continued to reside in the neighbourhood up till his death on 28th January, 1874. He also was chiefly famous as a botanist, with a special bent for Mycology and Lichens, but he contributed some sterling papers on birds to the Zoologist, including 'A list of the Birds of Roxburghshire' in 1850, and some notes on migration to the History of the Berwickshire Naturalist's Club. An obituary notice, with a list of most of his writings, by the late Sir Walter Elliot, appeared in the latter publication, Vol. VIII., pp. 338-346.'
Jerman, H. ( - ) Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1887 Montgomeryshire White-tailed Eagle.
Jesse, Edward (14/01/1780 - 1868) Masland Place, Southampton.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1865 Hampshire Red-winged Blackbird.
Biography Son of the Vicar of Hutton Cranswick. Fishing was his love after retirement from Government office. See Parker (1952: 182-192) for his life story.
Jesse, John Fairfax ( - ) Caefron, Ruthin, Denbighshire.
Bird Notes Recorded and owned the 1876 Denbighshire Gyr Falcon.
Jesse, W. ( - ) Ingatestone, Essex.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the rejected 1865 Hampshire Red-winged Starling. Examined the 1874 Devon Ferruginous Duck. Examined the 1897 Devon Ferruginous Duck.
Biography Zoologist on the Abyssinian Expedition.
Jessup ( - ) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Caught the 1892 Norfolk Common Rosefinch.
Biography Bird-catcher.
Jewett, Thomas ( - ) Herefordshire.
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1873 Herefordshire Squacco Heron.
John ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1824 Cornwall Little Egret.
Johnson ( - ) Masham, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1862 Yorkshire Little Crake.
Johnson ( - ) Walton House, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Examined the rejected 1881 Cumbria Wilson's Storm-petrel. Loaned Yarrell two 1846 Cumbria Two-barred Crossbills he owned.
Johnson ( - ) Hampshire.
Bird Notes Reported the 1891 Hampshire Great Bustard to Kelsall & Munn.
Biography Proprietor of the "Hampshire Chronicle."
Johnson ( - ) St Leonard's, Sussex.
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1851 Sussex Alpine Swift.
Biography Chemist.
Johnson, F. W. ( - ) Ipswich, Suffolk.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1848 Suffolk Ferruginous Duck.
Biography Surgeon.
Johnson, George ( - ) Norwich, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Bought the two 1839 Norfolk Little Bitterns and sold them to J. H. Gurney. Preserved the rejected 1839 Norfolk Spotted Sandpiper.
Johnson, Jonathan ( - ) Rigsby, Lincolnshire.
Bird Notes Saw the c.1815 Lincolnshire Common Cranes.
Biography Farmer.
Johnson, W. ( - ) Prestwick, Ayrshire.
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1843 Lancashire Red-footed Falcon. Preserved the 1878 Lancashire Black-eared Wheatear.
Johnston ( - ) Lauder, Berwickshire, Borders.
Bird Notes Saw the 1844 Borders White-tailed Eagle.
Biography Farmer.
Johnston ( - ) Stirling, Stirlingshire.
Bird Notes Preserved the three 1863 Stirlingshire Pallas's Sandgrouse.
Johnston, Dr. George (20/07/1797 - 30/07/1855) Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1832 Northumberland Rose-coloured Starling.
Biography Bolam (1912) says: 'In the northern part of the district the most prominent name amongst naturalists in the early part of the 19th century, is that of George Johnston, M.D., LL.D. etc., the father of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, and its first president, a position which he again filled in 1843, and 1855. Born at Simprin in Berwickshire, on 20th July, 1797, where his father then farmed, he was removed with his parents soon afterwards to Ilderton in Northumberland, and it was there that his boyhood was spent. In 1817 he started to practise as a doctor at Belford, but in the following year removed to Berwick, where he continued to reside up to the time of his death, on 30th July, 1855. He was three times Mayor of Berwick, and besides his well-known, and still classic works. The History of British Zoophytes (1838; 2nd Ed., 2 vols. 1847): A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes (1842): and An Introduction to Conchology (1850): was the author of numerous papers to scientific journals, including The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (of which he was for some time one of the editors); The History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, etc., etc. He was also the author of a Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed (2 vols. 1829-31), and of that everlasting model to local Faunists and Florists, The Natural History of the Eastern Borders, Vol. I., Botany, 8vo, 1853, the beginning of a contemplated full work, which to the great loss of future naturalists was cut short by his premature death. While still a young man he was affectionately known amongst his associates as "The Father of Natural History on the Borders," a title which a retrospective view of his works now amply justifies. An appreciative memoir of Dr. Johnston by Dr. R. C. Embleton appeared in the History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Vol. III., pp. 201-208, with a list of some of his chief contributions to literature on pp. 215-216.'
Obituary Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1855: 199.
Johnston, Tom Little (1875 - 1948) Dalston, Carlisle, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1903 Cumbria Night Heron.
Biography Wildfowler.
Johnstone, G. ( - ) Swan Court, Chelsea, Greater London.
Bird Notes Saw the rejected 1935 Cornwall Red-footed Falcon.
Johnstone, J. C. H. ( - ) Castle Eden Folly, Co. Durham.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1872 Durham White's Thrush.
Jolley, A. E. ( - ) Leicestershire.
Bird Notes Saw the breeding 1945 Nottinghamshire Black-winged Stilts.
Jonas, William ( - ) Heydon Bury, Essex.
Bird Notes Heard the supposed 1886/1887 Essex Scops Owls.
Jones ( - ) Bridlington, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Preserved the rejected 1864 Yorkshire Gyr Falcon - was a Goshawk. Preserved the 1892 Yorkshire Common Crane.
Jones Brydges, Sir Harford J. ( - ) Boultibrooke, Radnorshire.
Bird Notes Recorded and saw the 1859 Radnorshire Ferruginous Duck.
Jones, C. R. ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1863 Greater Manchester Alpine Swift.
Jones, Mrs. D. ( - ) Bovisand, Devon.
Bird Notes Saw the ten 1945 Devon Black-winged Stilts.
Jones, J. ( - ) Trevedras Farm, St Mawgan, Cornwall.
Bird Notes Shot the 1861 Cornwall Greater Spotted Eagle.
Jones, J. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1889 Ceredigion Gould's Petrel.
Jones, P. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the two 1946 Lancashire Bee-eaters.
Jones, R. W. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1921 Caernarfonshire Richard's Pipit. Saw and recorded the 1928 Anglesey Woodchat Shrike.
Jones, T. ( - )
Bird Notes Obtained the rejected 1852 Squacco Heron.
Biography Seaman.
Jones, Terry ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the 1946 Hampshire Alpine Swift.
Jordan, Robert Coane Roberts (1826 - 1890) Lugehay House, Teignmouth, Devon.
Bird Notes Recorded erroneously and sent the 1844 Devon Alpine Accentor for preservation.
Biography Solicitor. Clerk to District Council.
Jourdain, Francis Charles Robert (04/03/1865 - 27/02/1940) Clifton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire; Appleton, Berkshire; Waveney Lodge, Dersingham, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1884 Wight Roller. Saw and recorded the rejected 1900 Derbyshire Pallas's Sandgrouse. Recorded the 1908 Cornwall Belted Kingfisher. Recorded the 1912 Devon Little Bustard. Recorded the 1915 Lancashire Black-eared Wheatear. Recorded the 1916 Oxfordshire White Stork. Recorded the rejected 1917 Oxfordshire Snowy Owl. Recorded the rejected 1917 Staffordshire Snowy Owl. Recorded and examined the 1922 Oxfordshire Night Heron. Recorded the 1927 Clyde White Stork. Recorded the 1928 Dorset Woodchat Shrike.
Biography Ornithologist and oologist. Assistant Editor of British Birds. H. F. Witherby (1940) in British Birds, vol. 33. pp. 286-293, says: 'For just thirty-one years Jourdain has given us most constantly his very valuable help and expert advice in the conduct of this Magazine, and his sudden passing away makes a loss which is difficult to realize and impossible to exaggerate: it is indeed irreparable. He had been ailing some time and felt the cold weather very severely, but he was always resentful of any disability and persisted in struggling on with his work. He insisted on fulfilling a long-standing engagement to lecture at Oxford in February and although he was really very ill he braced himself fur the occasion and spoke in his usual fluent and interesting way. He was unable to do much after this, but he was of an indomitable nature, and he was downstairs attempting to work within four days of his death.
Francis Charles Robert Jourdain was born on March 4th, 1865. He was the eldest son of the late Rev. F. Jourdain, vicar of Ashbourne-cum-Mapleton. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1887 and M.A. in 1890, in which year he was ordained. After curacies in Suffolk he was appointed vicar of Clifton-by-Ashbourne in 1894, and remained there for twenty years until 1914 when he became rector of Appleton, near Abingdon, Berkshire. In 1925 he retired and lived for a short while in Norfolk, but in 1927 moved to Southbourne, Bournemouth, where he was residing at the time of his death, which occurred on February 27th, 1940, a week before his 75th birthday. He was buried at Clifton, near Ashbourne. He married in 1896 Frances Emmeline, daughter of William Richard Smith of Clifton. His wife inherited the Clifton property from her brother, the Rev. F. C. Smith, and at her death in 1933, Jourdain became tenant for life of this property, which now passes to his daughter Miss V. Jourdain. He also leaves a son Major F. W. S. Jourdain.
As an ornithologist Jourdain will be remembered first for his intimate and exact knowledge of all that is known concerning the breeding biology of the birds of the Palearctic Region and especially those of the western part of that area. It may be safely said that no one else was in any way his equal as an authority on this subject. He was always working hard to get the gaps filled, and to get observations on such difficult points as the share of sexes and incubation and fledging periods. His paper on the subject in 1930 in this Magazine was illuminating. That so much had been done to fill the gaps between the time of the publication of the Practical Handbook and the present Handbook was in fact largely due to the stimulus given to the study of the subject by his exact statements of the known facts in the earlier work, and although this was a great satisfaction to him, he had the intention to urge again the importance of making more observations when his work on the Handbook was finished. He had also worked many years in collecting together every scrap of knowledge on the nature of the food of birds. A good many have made researches on this subject from the economic stand-point, but Jourdain's careful compilations of records of the specific nature of food of each species are obviously of the greatest value to ornithologists. He had too a regard for the economic side, and as far back as 1903 had written a prize essay on the subject which was published by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, while in 1927 he wrote about the economic status of finches in the Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture.
He had a fine knowledge of geographical distribution, and here his numerous journeys in many parts of the western Palearctic area stood him in great stead, while in all this work he made the best use of his very considerable linguistic abilities and was untiring in his search for facts both in literature and from correspondents in all parts of the world. On these three subjects he has set out in his sections of the Handbook very exact records of the facts, and ornithologists will be glad to know that before his death he had completed his work on "Breeding" and "Food" for volume 4, and very nearly that for the "Distribution Abroad". For the remaining 50-60 species to be dealt with in volume 5 he has left very careful notes. Jourdain's capacity for work, both physical and intellectual, was remarkable, and he was tireless both in the field and with his pen. He was constantly engaged in writing about birds, and often worked far into the night. Many of these contributions were in the form of notes, letters and papers in ornithological journals of many kinds both at home and abroad, and a selection of these is given at the end of this notice. In longer tasks he was rather lacking in a determination to complete the work, not indeed because he was at any time idle, but for the reason that he was led away on to new tasks, and being always willing to help others this often resulted in so much research and labour that it kept him from completing his own work.
The following notes will give some idea of his more extensive literary work. In 1906 he published the first part of a work on The Eggs of European Birds, which was planned to be completed in ten parts, but only four were issued and the publishers failing, Jourdain never finished it. Between 1910 and 1913 he made important contributions with others to F. B. Kirkman's British Bird Book, and in 1930 was joint author with the same writer in a single volume under the title British Birds. In 1912 was issued the Hand-List of British Birds in which Jourdain collaborated with us, and shortly afterwards work was started on the Practical Handbook, though owing to the war publication of the first part was delayed until 1919. It may here be mentioned that during part of that war Jourdain edited this Magazine during the Editor's absence abroad. About this period he collaborated with W. H. Mullens and the late H. K. Swann in their useful Geographical Bibliography of British Ornithology, published during 1919 and 1920, and had assisted the authors mentioned in their previous Bibliography of British Ornithology. Amongst other important works in which he gave assistance must be mentioned especially Hartert's Die Vögel der palaarktischen Fauna and to a less extent A. C. Bent's later volumes of the Life Histories of American Birds. In 1930 he translated from the German Pastor Kleinschmidt's work The Formenkreis Theory. Jourdain always attached great importance to gathering together and publishing local records and in this work he had a long experience and a critical judgment. He began such recording for his native county of Derby and published the first report for 1899 in the Zoologist, where it appeared annually for a number of years and was then continued in the Journal of the Derbyshire Natural History Society, and after a lapse of some years he again took over the task and acted as recorder up to his death. He also contributed sections on Zoology in the Victoria History of Derbyshire. On becoming rector of Appleton near Abingdon, Berkshire, he soon began to take interest in the birds of the district and encouraged others to do so. This led to the formation of the Oxford Ornithological Society of which he was first President, and the annual report on the birds of Oxford, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, the first of which, covering the years 1915-23, was edited by Jourdain with B. W. Tucker. He subsequently contributed the section on birds to the Natural History of the Oxford District and collaborated with E. Hartert on the Birds of Buckinghamshire. Author of the bird section for the Victoria County History (Derbyshire).
In recent years he has compiled annual reports on the birds of the Bournemouth district and of Hampshire. Since 1935 he has edited in conjunction with others The Oologists Record, a quarterly journal. Jourdain organized and led the first Oxford expedition to Spitsbergen in 1921 and voyaged there again in 1922. He wrote papers on the birds and spent much time over several years in writing a book on the subject but unfortunately this was never completed and published. Almost every year he made an ornithological excursion abroad and had thus studied birds in many parts of Europe and North Africa. He was a hard traveller, a very good observer and untiring in the field; only two years ago he was able to do a twelve-hour day in the Scottish highlands. These trips resulted in some valuable papers on the birds of Corsica, Cyprus, Dobrogea, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and South Spain. In the last paper he gathered together all observations on the birds of South Spain but unfortunately completed only the part dealing with the Passeres. One of the main objects of his trips was to collect eggs and add to his splendid collection, but apart from tins Jourdain had always intense longing to be out among the birds, seeing them in different countries, observing and noting. He took note of everything and his diaries are wonderfully detailed and full of information. He also kept regular notes at home, and it is hoped that these extremely valuable records will be kept so that they are available for reference, it should be mentioned here that his handwriting was a marvel of neatness and that he was able to draw very nicely. He was a most enthusiastic collector but a discriminating one and he has often said that in collecting in the field about one clutch in five hundred found was the maximum he could expect to take. He also was constantly acquiring eggs to make his collection more complete. His aim was not only to have well-authenticated eggs of all the species in the western Palearctic region, but that his collection should contain sufficient variety to illustrate the range of normal individual, and especially geographical, variation in form, size and coloration, as well as to show affinities or differences in specific or larger groups. That he had the true collector's delight in an interesting or beautiful specimen or clutch is undoubted, but that he made the best possible use of his great collection from a scientific standpoint is acknowledged by all. It was his constant endeavour to make it illustrate to the best advantage the kind of comparative and other biological principles already mentioned and he never tired of demonstrating such points to visiting ornithologists who were genuinely interested.
His collection is thus a very notable one and it may safely be said that no other in this country, if, indeed, in Europe, is at the same time so extensive and so scientifically valuable. He joined the British Ornithologists' Union in 1899, served on the Committee and was a vice-President (1934), and also for many years was a member of the British List Committee. He became a member of the British Ornithologists' Club in 1905 and was a regular attendant at the meetings, in the proceedings of which he frequently took part. The impetus which he gave to the study of birds at Oxford, as already mentioned, undoubtedly played a great part in preparing the ground for the developments, which led in later years to the foundation of the British Trust for Ornithology and the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology in the University. Of the Trust he was an original member and served on the council as well as being up to the time of his death a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee. He was also one of the originators of the British Oological Association of which he was President from 1932 to 1939 and served as editor of the Bulletin for several years. He was an honorary fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union and an honorary member of the ornithological societies of France, Holland, Germany and Hungary.
He was also a member of the International Ornithological Committee and was chairman of section III at the Berlin (1910) and Copenhagen (1026) Congresses, while of the Oxford Congress (1934) he was the honorary secretary and edited the Proceedings of that Congress. He had quite an exceptional memory which was remarkably accurate in detail. Though he kept carefully written records this faculty was of the greatest assistance to him in his work, while in discussions it was an unfailing advantage. He had a horror of any statement which he knew to be inaccurate and always felt it a stern duty to correct such statements so far as he could. It was very seldom indeed that he was wrong in his facts, but his criticisms were usually very severe and made in a satirical style which though often very humorous was sometimes too caustic to be wise. This made him enemies and caused some dislike though all could not but admire him for his great knowledge and accuracy. Nevertheless this irrepressible trait, as he himself well knew, kept him from some of those high honours in the ornithological world for which his great attainments undoubtedly fitted him. However characteristic was that withering style of his public controversies, to those who knew him well and especially those of a younger generation, this was far outweighed by his remarkable sympathy and inexhaustible kindness and helpfulness. No estimate of his character could be true without stressing this side of it. His mind was a store-house of precise knowledge, and he had the gift of being able to impart it to others with clarity. He was indeed always ready to give help and advice to any true seeker after knowledge and his understanding and encouragement of those at the outset of their career in ornithology formed one of the great features of his life and work. To the end Jourdain was intensely interested in every phase of bird-life and was ever searching for the truth, and it may truly be said of him that ornithology never had a truer or more enthusiastic and devoted servant.'
Obituary British Birds 33: 286-293; Ibis 1940: 504-518.
Joy, Henry ( - ) Temple Thorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1850 Yorkshire Purple Heron.
Biography Farmer.
Joy, Norman Humbert (1874 - 20/01/1953) Bradfield, Berkshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1893 Wells Icterine Warbler. Saw and recorded the four 1922 Berkshire Black-winged Stilts.
Biography Ringer.
Obituary British Birds 47: 305.
Joyce, H. S. ( - ) Roundswell, Devon.
Bird Notes Recorded and saw the 1946 Devon Lesser Yellowlegs. Saw the rejected 1943 Devon Rustic Bunting.
Judd, Miss Rachel ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the 1944 Wiltshire Red-breasted Flycatcher.
Julian, jun., Rev. R. Archer ( - 05/12/1860) Estover House, Erme Bridge, Devon; Lara House, Plymouth, Devon.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1838 Cornwall Snowy Owl. Recorded the 1840 Devon Squacco Heron. Shot one of the the eight 1849 Devon Night Herons. Recorded the 1851 Devon Rose-coloured Starling. Recorded the 1853 Devon Richard's Pipit.
Biography Died at Dinan, Brittany, France where he had been Anglican Chaplain there since 1856.