NHM-NE.12:146/A-2015
Parts
Object number
NHM-NE.12:146/A-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Asio otus
Long-Eared Owl
Strigiformes
Strigidae
Long-Eared Owl
Strigiformes
Strigidae
Comments
No. of eggs in clutch: 4
Description
Dimension note
42 x 31mm
Inscription
Inscribed in purple ink: 146
Inscribed in pencil: Long eared owl Asio otus April 94 Barhaugh nr Staggisford 1/43
Inscribed in pencil: Long eared owl Asio otus April 94 Barhaugh nr Staggisford 1/43
History and association
References
• O'Reilly, W., A Catalogue of the William Newall Collection of Bird's Eggs, 1989 [Handwritten catalogue, English names taken from the Howard Saunder's 'Manual of British Birds', 1889, and Latin names from 'Thorburn's Birds', 1982]
• Westall, G., and C. Graham [arranged by], Eggs of British Birds in the Eton College Natural History Museum, Lent 1935, amended by G. Hornby Lent 1959 [Handwritten register, amended in 1959 with inventory and conditions]
• Collection of British Birds Eggs formed by William Newall and classified according to Howard Saunders (Manual of British Birds 1889), 1895: Handwritten catalogue (assumed to be written by William Newall)
• Westall, G., and C. Graham [arranged by], Eggs of British Birds in the Eton College Natural History Museum, Lent 1935, amended by G. Hornby Lent 1959 [Handwritten register, amended in 1959 with inventory and conditions]
• Collection of British Birds Eggs formed by William Newall and classified according to Howard Saunders (Manual of British Birds 1889), 1895: Handwritten catalogue (assumed to be written by William Newall)
Field collection
Collection date
04/1894
Collection place
Barhaugh, Northumberland
Field collector
