James F. Cockerell

James F. Cockerell was a collector of specimens for zoölogists, active in Australia, Indonesia, and Pacific Islands, after 1867. He provided collections for the South Australian Museum after the 1880s, while residing at Mildura, Victoria.

An expedition made to the Solomon Islands in 1878 produced specimens that resulted in the descriptions of the birds made by Edward P. Ramsay between 1879 and 1882. Part of this collection is held at the Australian Museum, and the rest was acquired by six other museums.[1] James Cockerell visited Western Australia from 1879 to early 1880, and the bird skins that he collected were acquired by the British Museum.[2] Further collections were made in Aru Islands in 1872, Samoa, Fiji and the Bismarks, 1875–1876.

The Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive 'Key to Scientific Names' notes possible biographical details as "(?1844-1897) Australian (?born in Hong Kong)" and a middle name of Frederick.[3]

His father, John T. Cockerell (?1828-1907), also worked as a collector.[1][3]

References
  1. Mcallan, Ian (10 May 2016). "On Some Types of Birds (Aves) from the Solomon Islands Named by Edward Pierson Ramsay". Records of the Australian Museum. 68: 31–43. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.68.2016.1642. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. Serventy, D. L.; Whittell, H. M. (1951). "Sect. 1, Part 3 'The Barren Years (1843–1887)'". A handbook of the birds of Western Australia (with the exception of the Kimberley division) (2 ed.). Perth: Paterson Brokensha. p. 36.
  3. cockerell Jobling, J. A. (2018). Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2018). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from www.hbw.com on 17 July 2018).


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