Dr. Louis B. Bishop
New Haven Bird Club - Charter Member (1907-1950)
Yale College - Class of 1886
Medical doctor specializing in pediatrics. Gave up medicince in 1908 to concentrate on ornithology.
Voracious collector of bird skins, eggs, and nests. His collection was said to include 53,000 skins in 1950 when it was transferred to the Field Museum in Chicago where it resides today. His eggs, nests, and a small number of skins are held by the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven.
Co-author of "Birds of Connecticut" in 1913.
Elected as Fellow of the AOU in 1901.
New Haven Bird Club - Charter Member (1907-1950)
Yale College - Class of 1886
Medical doctor specializing in pediatrics. Gave up medicince in 1908 to concentrate on ornithology.
Voracious collector of bird skins, eggs, and nests. His collection was said to include 53,000 skins in 1950 when it was transferred to the Field Museum in Chicago where it resides today. His eggs, nests, and a small number of skins are held by the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven.
Co-author of "Birds of Connecticut" in 1913.
Elected as Fellow of the AOU in 1901.
Dr. Louis B. Bishop
New Haven Bird Club - Charter Member (1907-1950)
Yale College - Class of 1886
Medical doctor specializing in pediatrics. Gave up medicince in 1908 to concentrate on ornithology.
Voracious collector of bird skins, eggs, and nests. His collection was said to include 53,000 skins in 1950 when it was transferred to the Field Museum in Chicago where it resides today. His eggs, nests, and a small number of skins are held by the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven.
Co-author of "Birds of Connecticut" in 1913.
Elected as Fellow of the AOU in 1901.
New Haven Bird Club - Charter Member (1907-1950)
Yale College - Class of 1886
Medical doctor specializing in pediatrics. Gave up medicince in 1908 to concentrate on ornithology.
Voracious collector of bird skins, eggs, and nests. His collection was said to include 53,000 skins in 1950 when it was transferred to the Field Museum in Chicago where it resides today. His eggs, nests, and a small number of skins are held by the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven.
Co-author of "Birds of Connecticut" in 1913.
Elected as Fellow of the AOU in 1901.
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