Author:Henry John Elwes

Henry John Elwes
(1846–1922)

English botanist, entomologist, author, lepidopterist, collector and traveller

Henry John Elwes

Works

  • Elwes, Henry John (1869). "The Bird-Stations of the Outer Hebrides". Ibis. 2 5: 20–37.  (external scan)
  • ——; Buckley, T.E. (1870). "A List of the Birds of Turkey". Ibis. 2 6: 59–77, 188–201, 327–341.  (p.59, p. 188, p. 327)
  • several contributions to: Gray, Robert (1871). The Birds of the West of Scotland : Including the Outer Hebrides, with Occasional Records of the Occurrence of the Rarer Species throughout Scotland Generally. Glasgow: T. Murray & Sons.  (external scan)
  • —— (1872). "A Revision of the Genus Henicurus". Ibis. 3 2: 250–262.  (external scan) (with a Plate)
  • —— (1873). "On the Geographical Distribution of Asiatic Birds". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 645–682.  (external scan)
  • —— (1877–1880). Monograph of the Genus Lilium. illustrated by W.H. Fitch. London: Taylor and Francis.  (external scan)
  • —— (1881). "On the Butterflies of Amurland, North China, and Japan". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 856–916.  (external scan)
  • —— (1881). "On a new Crossoptilon". Ibis. 4 5: 399–401.  (external scan) (description of the Tibetan eared pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani), also called Elwes' eared pheasant)
  • —— (1886). "Note on Delias belladonna of Fabricius". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 5 17: 157–161.  (external scan)
  • —— (1899). "On the Lepidoptera of the Altai Mountains". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 295–367.  (external scan) (with Plates XI–XIV)
  • —— (1903). "On the Present Condition and Habits of the Elk in Norway". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903: 133–151.  (external scan)
  • —— (1903). "The Butterflies of Chile". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 263–301.  (external scan) (with Plates XII–XV)

About Henry John Elwes

  • Stebbing, E. (1930-08-02). "H.J. Elwes, as Naturalist, Explorer, and Sportsman". Nature 126: 158–160. doi:10.1038/126158a0.  (review of Elwes 1930)
  • An extensive list of publications in journals, in: Catalogue of Scientific Papers, compiled by the Royal Society of London
    • 1864–1873, vol. VII (published 1877), p. 610 (external scan)
    • 1874–1883, vol. IX (published 1891), p. 792 (external scan)
    • 1884–1900 (Fourth series), vol. XIV: C–FITTIG (published 1915), p. 830 (external scan)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and 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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