Author:Henry John Elwes

Henry John Elwes
(1846–1922)

Henry John Elwes

Works

• Elwes, Henry John (1869). "The Bird-Stations of the Outer Hebrides". Ibis. 2 5: 20–37.  (external scan)
• ——; Buckley, T.E. (1870). "A List of the Birds of Turkey". Ibis. 2 6: 59–77, 188–201, 327–341.  (p.59, p. 188, p. 327)
• several contributions to: Gray, Robert (1871). The Birds of the West of Scotland : Including the Outer Hebrides, with Occasional Records of the Occurrence of the Rarer Species throughout Scotland Generally. Glasgow: T. Murray & Sons.  (external scan)
• —— (1872). "A Revision of the Genus Henicurus". Ibis. 3 2: 250–262.  (external scan) (with a Plate)
• —— (1873). "On the Geographical Distribution of Asiatic Birds". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 645–682.  (external scan)
• —— (1877–1880). Monograph of the Genus Lilium. illustrated by W.H. Fitch. London: Taylor and Francis.  (external scan)
• —— (1881). "On the Butterflies of Amurland, North China, and Japan". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 856–916.  (external scan)
• —— (1881). "On a new Crossoptilon". Ibis. 4 5: 399–401.  (external scan) (description of the Tibetan eared pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani), also called Elwes' eared pheasant)
• —— (1886). "Note on Delias belladonna of Fabricius". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 5 17: 157–161.  (BHL)
• —— (1887). "Description of some new Lepidoptera from Sikkim". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 444–447.  (BHL)
• —— (1888). "A catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Sikkim. With additions, corrections and notes on seasonal and local distribution, by Otto Möller". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 36 (3): 269–465.  (BHL) (with Plates VIII–XI)
• —— (1889a). "Notes on the genus Erebia". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 37: 317–342.  (BHL) (HathiTrust)
• —— (1889b). "A revision of the genus Argynnis". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 37: 535–575.  (BHL) (HathiTrust)
• —— (1890). "On some moths allied to Himantopterus, with description of a new species". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 38: 329–338.  (BHL) (BioStor) (HathiTrust) (with Plate X)
• ——; Edwards, J (1897). "A revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 14 (4): 101–324.  (BHL) (HathiTrust) (with Plates XVIII–XXVII)
• Dudgeon, G.C. (1897–1905). With Notes by H.J. Elwes and Additions by Sir George F. Hampson. "A Catalogue of Heterocera of Sikhim and Buthan". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.  In 17 parts:
  • Part I: in vol. 11, issue 1 (June, 1897), p. 239–251 (with a Map)
  • Part II: in vol. 11, issue 3 (Feb., 1898), p. 406–419
  • Part III: in vol. 11, issue 4 (July, 1898), p. 624–634
  • Part IV: in vol. 12, issue 1 (Dec., 1898), p. 32–42
  • Part V: in vol. 12, issue 2 (March, 1899), p. 292–303 (with Plate I)
  • Part VI: in vol. 12, issue 4 (Nov., 1899), p. 643–658
  • Part VII: in vol. 13, issue 1 (April, 1900), p. 77–85 (with Plate II)
  • Part VIII: in vol. 13, issue 2 (July, 1900), p. 258–269 (with Plate III)
  • Part IX: in vol. 13, issue 3 (Jan., 1901), p. 406–425
  • Part X: in vol. 13, issue 4 (May, 1901), p. 672–674
  • Part XI: in vol. 14, issue 1 (Jan., 1902), p. 6–19
  • Part XII: in vol. 14, issue 2 (May, 1902), p. 346–355
  • Part XIII: in vol. 14, issue 3 (Oct., 1902), p. 547–553
  • Part XIV: in vol. 14, issue 4 (Feb., 1903), p. 761–763
  • Part XV: in vol. 15, issue 2 (Oct., 1903), p. 319–326
  • Part XVI: in vol. 15, issue 4 (June, 1904), p. 602–613
  • Part XVII: in vol. 16, issue 2 (April, 1905), p. 275–291
• —— (1899). "On the Lepidoptera of the Altai Mountains". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 295–367.  (external scan) (with Plates XI–XIV)
• —— (1903a). "On the Present Condition and Habits of the Elk in Norway". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903: 133–151.  (external scan)
• —— (1903b). "The Butterflies of Chile". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903: 263–301.  (external scan) (with Plates XII–XV)
• —— (1904). "The Roads to Tibet". The Geographical Journal 23 (3): 397–400. doi:10.2307/1775017.  (in the section "Correspondence"; as an addition to: Freshfield, Douglas W. (1904). "The Roads to Tibet". The Geographical Journal 23 (1): 79–91. doi:10.2307/1775740.  See also the response: Paul, A.W. (1904). "The Roads to Tibet". The Geographical Journal 23 (4): 528–529. doi:10.2307/1775527.  (in the section "Correspondence"))

• ——; Henry, Augustine (1906–1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Edinburgh: private print. ; in 7 volumes; with separate parts for plates (external scan)
  • Volume 1 (1906) (transcription project)
    • Plates to vol 1 (1906) (transcription project)
  • Volume 2 (1907) (transcription project) (Plates included)
  • Volume 3 (1908) (transcription project) (Plates included)
  • Volume 4 (1909) (transcription project) (Plates included)

• —— (c. 1906). "Report by H.J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S., British Juror for Horticulture and Forestry". Report of His Majesty's Commissioners for the International Exhibition, Saint Louis, 1904: 356–364.  (external scan)
• —— (1930). Hawke, Edward G., ed. Memoirs of Travel, Sport and Natural History. London: Ernest Benn Ltd.  (transcription project) (posthumously published)

About Henry John Elwes

• "Obituary: H.J. Elwes, F.R.S.". Nature 110 (2771): 780–781. 1922-12-09. doi:10.1038/110780b0. 
• Stebbing, E. (1930-08-02). "H.J. Elwes, as Naturalist, Explorer, and Sportsman". Nature 126: 158–160. doi:10.1038/126158a0.  (review of Elwes 1930)
• An extensive list of publications in journals, in: Catalogue of Scientific Papers, compiled by the Royal Society of London
  • 1864–1873, vol. VII (published 1877), p. 610 (external scan)
  • 1874–1883, vol. IX (published 1891), p. 792 (external scan)
  • 1884–1900 (Fourth series), vol. XIV: C–FITTIG (published 1915), p. 830 (external scan)