Charles B. Cory

Charles Barney Cory ( born January 31, 1857 in Boston, † July 31, 1921 in Chicago) was an American ornithologist.

Biography

At 16, Cory developed a keen interest in ornithology and began with the collection of skins. With the wealth of his father, he had the opportunity to travel widely to do and gather as one of the largest collections of birds from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Cory attended Harvard University and the Boston University School of Law, but after a short time he continued his travel. In 1883 he was one of 84 ornithologists, who participated in the founding of the American Ornithologists ' Union. As Cory's collection of over 19,000 skins was too big, he donated the entire collection to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Cory took over the post of curator of the bird department. 1906 Cory lost his private property and therefore could no longer continue his work in the Department of Ornithology. After the resignation of Daniel Giraud Elliot zoologists as curator of the Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History Cory Elliot was successor.

Cory wrote many books on the birds of the Caribbean, including The Birds of Haiti and Santo Domingo ( 1885), The Birds of the West Indies (1889 ) and The Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin ( 1909). His last major work was the four-volume Catalague of the Birds of the Americas, which was completed after his death by Carl Eduard Hellmayr.

In the Anglo- American world of the Cory's shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea ) bears the name of Cory's Shearwater. Although he was already described in 1769 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, but only recognized by Charles Barney Cory as an independent species.

Works (selection)

  • Birds of the Bahama islands; Containing many birds new to the islands, and a number of undescribed winter plumage of North American species (Boston, 1880).
  • Catalogue of West Indian birds, Containing a list of all species known to Occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the islands of Tobago and Trinidad ( Boston, 1892).
  • The birds of eastern North America known to Occur east of the nineteenth meridian (Field Columbian Museum, 1899).
  • The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin ( Chicago, 1909).
  • Descriptions of new birds from South America and Adjacent islands (Chicago, 1915).
  • How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped accor ding to size and color ( Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1897).
  • How to know the shorebirds ( Limicolæ ) of North America (south of Greenland and Alaska) all the species being grouped accor ding to size and color ( Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1897).
  • Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to Occur in the state (1896, reprint 1970).
  • The mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin ( 2 volumes, Chicago, 1912).
  • Montezuma 's castle, and other weird tales ( 1899).
  • Notes on little known species of South American birds with descriptions of new subspecies (Chicago, 1917).
  • Southern rambles (A. Williams & Company, Boston, 1881).
  • Descriptions of new birds from South America and Adjacent Islands ... (1915 ).
  • Descriptions of twenty -eight new species and subspecies of neotropical birds ... (no date).
  • Notes on South American birds, with descriptions of new subspecies ... (1915 ).
  • Beautiful and curious birds of the world (1880 ).
  • The birds of the Leeward Islands, Caribbean Sea (Chicago, 1909).
  • The birds of the West Indies ( Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 1889).
  • Descriptions of apparently new South American birds (Chicago, 1916).
  • Descriptions of twenty -eight new species and sub ​​-species of neotropical birds (Chicago, 1913).
  • Hypnotism and mesmerism (A. Mudge & Son, Boston, 1888).
  • A list of the birds of the West Indies ( Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 1885).
  • A naturalist in the Magdalen Islands; giving a description of the islands and list of the birds taken there, with other ornithological notes ( 1878).

Literature on Cory

  • Barbara Mearns, Richard Mearns: Biographies for Birdwatchers: The Lives of Those Commemorated in Western Palearctic Bird Names. Academic Press Inc, London, 1988, ISBN 978-0-12-487422-0.
  • Wilfred Hudson Osgood: In memorian: Charles Barney Cory: Born January 31, 1857 - Died July 31, 1921 In: The Auk. . Vol 39, No. 2, 1922, pp. 151-166 ( online ( PDF, 882 kB), accessed on 6 December 2012).
  • Ornithologist
  • Researcher at the Field Museum of Natural History
  • Americans
  • Born in 1857
  • Died in 1921
  • Man
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