Ibis (journal)

In 1858 the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) was formed. It was the first organization, devoted solely to the study of birds. One year later members of the BOU founded a (Quarterly) "Magazine of General Ornithology," entitled The Ibis.{{sfnp|Johnson|2004|p=515}}

In the preface of the first issue of The Ibis the editor, Philip Lutley Sclater, recalls that in a meeting in the autumn of 1857 a group of ornithologists who would soon establish the British Ornithologists' Union, there was a "strong feeling that it would be advisable to establish a Magazine devoted solely to Ornithology."{{sfnp|Sclater|1859|pp=iii}} A year later, in what was called "the annual assemblage" of November 1858, it was determined, after due consideration, "by those present that a Quarterly Magazine of General Ornithology should be established, that a limited subscription should be entered into to provide a fund for that purpose, and that the subscribers should form an 'Ornithological Union'.{{sfnp|Sclater|1859|pp=iv}}

• Series 1 was published from 1859 to 1864, in six volumes and 24 issues. The first editor was Philip Lutley Sclater (1829–1913).See [https://archive.org/details/ibis06brit/page/n484/mode/1up p. i]–[https://archive.org/details/ibis06brit/page/n499/mode/1up xvi] for the general index of series 1 on author and title, in Internet Archive.
• Series 2 was published from 1865 to 1870, again in six volumes and 24 issues. The editor was Alfred Newton (1829–1907).See [https://archive.org/details/ibis61870brit/page/n582/mode/1up p. i]–[https://archive.org/details/ibis61870brit/page/n603/mode/1up xxii] for the general index of series 2.
• Series 3: 1871–1876 (six volumes, 24 issues). Editor: Osbert Salvin (1835–1898).See [https://archive.org/details/ibis63brit/page/1/mode/1up p. i]–[https://archive.org/details/ibis63brit/page/14/mode/1up xiv] for the general index of series 3.See [https://archive.org/details/ibis1859brit complete index] of series 1, 2 and 3, with index of genera and species (422 pages), and nine pages index of plates.
• Series 4: 1877–1882 (six volumes, 24 issues). Editors: Osbert Salvin and Philip Lutley Sclater.See [https://archive.org/details/ibis36brit/page/1/mode/1up p. i]–[https://archive.org/details/ibis36brit/page/24/mode/1up xxiv] for the general index of series 4.
• Series 5: 1883–1888 (six volumes). Editors: P.L. Sclater and Howard Saunders.
• Series 6: 1889–1894 (six volumes). Editor: P.L. Sclater.
• Series 7: 1895–1900 (six volumes). Editors: P.L. Sclater and Howard Saunders.
• Series 8: 1901–1906 (six volumes). Editors: P.L. Sclater and Arthur Humble Evans.
• Series 9: 1907–1912 (six volumes). Editors: P.L. Sclater and Arthur Humble Evans.
• Series 10: 1913–1918 (six volumes). Editor: William Lutley Sclater, the son of P.L. Sclater.
• Series 11: 1919–1924 (six volumes). Editor: W.L. Sclater.
• Series 12: 1925–1930 (six volumes).
• Series 13: 1931–1936 (six volumes). Editor: Claud Buchanan Ticehurst.
• Series 14: 1937–1942 (six volumes).
• From 1943 onward the volumes are numbered 85 etc.

In the first eighty years of its existence, a very large part of the contents of The Ibis was devoted to what is called "geographical ornithology", "the study of the birds of the different countries of the world" in the words of P.L. Sclater.P.L. Sclater, cited in {{harvp|Johnson|2004| p = 519}} Sclater had given the start to this important trend in scientific ornithology in his 1858 article in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, entitled "On the Geographic Distribution of the Members of the Class Aves".{{cite journal

| last = Sclater | first = Philip Lutley | author-link = Philip Sclater | author-mask = 0

| date = 1858

| title = On the General Geographical Distribution of the Members of the Class Aves

| journal = Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology

| volume = 2

| issue = 7

| pages = 130–136

| doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1858.tb02549.x

| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8580196

}}

In this period British ornithology reflected the development of Britain as an empire.{{harvp|Moreau|1959|p=32}}: "No doubt the preoccupation with widely extended geographical ornithology was fostered by the immensity of the areas over which British rule or influence stretched during the nineteenth century and for some time afterwards." and see {{harvp|Johnson|2004|p=519-520}}

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• {{cite journal

| last = Johnson | first = Kristin

| date = 2004

| title = "The Ibis": Transformations in a Twentieth Century British Natural History Journal

| journal = Journal of the History of Biology

| volume = 37

| issue = 3

| pages = 515–555

| doi = 10.1007/s10739-004-1499-3

| jstor = 4331898

| s2cid = 83849594

| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/4331898

}}

• {{cite journal

| last = Moreau | first = R.E. | author-link = Reginald Ernest Moreau

| date = 1959

| title = The Centenarian 'Ibis'

| journal = Ibis

| volume = 101

| issue = 1

| pages = 19–38

| doi = 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1959.tb02353.x

}}

• {{cite journal

| last = Sclater | first = Philip Lutley | author-link = Philip Sclater

| date = 1859

| title = Preface

| journal = The Ibis

| volume = 1

| pages = i-v

| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54832188

}}

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{{Wikisource|Ibis}}

• {{Official website|https://bou.org.uk/ibis/}}
• [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8115 The Ibis] in Biodiversity Heritage Library (1859-1922)
• [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/1474919x Ibis] in onlinelibrary.wiley.com
• [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22British+Ornithologists%27+Union%22 Out of copyright volumes] of The Ibis at Internet Archive
• [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1377260.html Ibis] in HathiTrust Digital Library

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