John T. Cockerell

John T. Cockerell was a collector of specimens for zoölogists, active in Australia sometime between 1865 and 1891.[1]

In reviewing an outlying record of Purpureicephalus spurius (red-capped parrot) at Port Essington, repeated by John Gould and other ornithologists, Birds of Australia gave this caution on Cockerell's specimens.

I have repeatedly indicated the falsity of the Cockerell localities, as had been pointed out by Sharpe previously, and consequently this record is apparently just as false. I wrote: “The wickedness of the Cockerell labelling mostly irritates in the fact that Cockerell was a splendid collector and made beautiful bird skins and secured so many rarities, so that it is always possible that some of his novelties were really novel, but owing to his action no reliance can be placed upon any of his records.” — Birds of Australia, 1917.[2]

The Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive 'Key to Scientific Names' notes possible biographical details as "(?1828-1907) Australian (?)", a middle name of Thomas, and places him in Hong Kong 1847 in a government position, commissariat storekeeper, also a soldier of fortune, seafarer and naturalist, who settled in Queensland about 1860.[3]

His son, James F. Cockerell (?1844-1897), followed in his father's occupation.[4]

References

Walker, Rosanne. "Cockerell, J.T. - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science". www.eoas.info. The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
Mathews, Gregory, M. (1910). "vol. 8. suppl. 1. 1916–17". The Birds of Australia. London: Witherby & co. p. 390.
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).
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.

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[eoas-1] Walker, Rosanne. "Cockerell, J.T. - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science". www.eoas.info. The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

[Mathews-2] Mathews, Gregory, M. (1910). "vol. 8. suppl. 1. 1916–17". The Birds of Australia. London: Witherby & co. p. 390.

[Jobling-3] rell 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).

[Mcallan-4] 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.