Taxacom: Barnes - collector of zoological & natural history specimens in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

[Dilrukshan Wijesinghe]

Thanks for your Bionomia suggestion, Debbie. It sounds like an interesting resource!

As far as “my” Barnes is concerned, all the evidence seems to point to him being Richard Hawksworth Barnes (born 1831), as suggested by Peter - for which many thanks again, Peter. 

Priyantha 


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> On Jan 17, 2024, at 5:12 PM, Peter Uetz via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Debbie,
> 
> This is great … but: how can we narrow down searches, e.g. to perfect matches?
> Is there an advanced search?
> Searching for "Richard Hawksworth Barnes” gives hundreds of hits??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 17, 2024, at 22:22, Deborah Paul via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
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>> Greetings Priyantha,
>> 
>> See also "Barnes" in Bionomia.net (does taxacom let you see the screenshot below)?
>> I see
>> 
>> Charles Reid Barnes
>> Helen Barnes
>> Edith Barnes
>> Edward Barnes
>> Burton Verne Barnes
>> Richard Barnes
>> Horace Francis Barnes
>> William Barnes
>> Bertie Frank Barnes
>> 
>> Some metadata there (what objects they collected and date ranges) may  help you figure out "which" Barnes is yours.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Good luck!
>> Debbie
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 1/14/2024 8:40 PM, Dilrukshan Wijesinghe via Taxacom wrote:
>>> I am looking for any information about a collector named Barnes, presumably British, who collected zoological/entomological (perhaps natural history generally) specimens and presented or sold them to the Natural History Museum, London [=British Museum (Natural History)]. Unfortunately, I don't have anything more, even years active, but probably late 19th century or early 20th century.
>>> Thanks in advance for any tips.
>>> Priyantha
>>> D. P. Wijesinghe
>>> dpwijesinghe at yahoo.com
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