Cover

Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology

Contents

List of illustrations and tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

Conventions

Introduction

1 Family background and early life

2 Texas: the big adventure

3 Settling down to business

4 Early exploits in ornithological society

5 Collecting

6 Discovering the birds of Europe, I

7 Discovering the birds of Europe, II

8 Making The Birds of Europe

9 A central figure: society life in the 1870s

10 The 1880s: the rise of rivalry

11 The 1890s: the continuing rise of the British Museum (Natural History)

12 Working independently, 1900–5

13 The grand finale: producing Eggs of the Birds of Europe

14 Time for a change

15 Legacies

Appendix 1. Birds mentioned in the text

Appendix 2. Birds named by Henry Dresser

Appendix 3. Birds named after Henry Dresser

Appendix 4. Publications based on Henry Dresser’s collections, 1985–2017

References

Bibliography of Henry Dresser

Index of birds

General index