Richard Bowdler Sharpe
(1847–1909)

19th century English zoologist

Richard Bowdler Sharpe

Works

Ornithology

  • Catalogue of the Accipitres, or diurnal birds of prey, in the collection of the British Museum (1874)
  • Catalogue of the Striges, or nocturnal birds of prey, in the collection of the British museum (1875)
  • The Birds of South Africa, by Edgar Leopold Layard (first ed. 1867), 2nd ed. 1875 revised by Bowdler Sharpe. (external scan)
  • Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds, in the collection of the British museum (1877)
  • A monograph of the Hirundinidae (1894)
  • A Monograph of The Alcedinidae, or Family of Kingfishers (1868–1871)
  • An Analytical Index to the Works of the Late John Gould (1893)
  • Catalogue of the Picariae in the collection of the British museum (1892)
  • Catalogue of the Fulicariae … and Alectorides … in the collection of the British museum (1894)
  • A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain. London: W.H. Allen & Co., Ltd. 1894–1897.  (external scan) (in four volumes: 1894–1897)
  • Catalogue of the Limicolae in the collection of the British museum (1896)
  • Catalogue of the Plataleae, Herodiones, Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcae, and Impennes in the collection of the British museum (1898)
  • Sketch Book of British Birds. (1898) (external scan)

Articles

  • "Descriptions of Two new Species of African Birds", 1871, Ibis. 1(1): 100–102. BHL ; Q90406255
  • "Notes on a collection of birds made by Mr. John Whitehead on the Mountain of Kina Balu, in Northern Borneo, with descriptions of new species", 1887, Ibis (5)5: 435–454.

Works about Sharpe

Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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