Henry Edwin Barnes

Lieutenant Henry Edwin Barnes FZS (1848–1896) was born in Oxford and educated at Oxford University School. He worked in the Army stationed at Aden, Afghanistan and India. He wrote a Handbook to the birds of the Bombay Presidency in 1885 and notes on birds at various places.

Publications

Cover of the Birds of Bombay

• Barnes, H E (1886): Birds' nesting in Rajpootana. JBNHS. 1(2):38-62.
• Barnes, H E (1886): Birds' nesting in Rajpootana. JBNHS. 1(2):308-362.
• Barnes, H E (1886): Note on the breeding of Parra indica. JBNHS. 1(4):221-222.
• Barnes, H E (1887): The two Shamas. JBNHS. 2(1):56.
• Barnes, H E (1887): Notes on Ploceus philippinus. JBNHS. 2(2):105-107.
• Barnes, H E (1887): Note on the irregular breeding of Grus antigone, the Sarus. JBNHS. 2(2):149-150.
• Barnes, H E (1892): Note on the black-tailed rock-chat. JBNHS. 07(2):252-253.
• Barnes, H E (1891): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 06(1):01-25.
• Barnes, H E (1891): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 06(3):285-317.
• Barnes, H E (1890): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 05(1):01-19.
• Barnes, H E (1890): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 05(2):97-116.
• Barnes, H E (1890): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 05(4):315-337.
• Barnes, H E (1889): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 04(1):01-21.
• Barnes, H E (1888): Nesting of Indian hirundines. JBNHS. 03(1):043-048.
• Barnes, H E (1888): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 03(4):205-224.
• Barnes, H E (1887): Notes on the breeding of the Kentish Ringed Plover (Aegialitis cantianus) within Indian limits. JBNHS. 2(3):167-169.
• Barnes, H E (1889): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 04(2):83-97.
• Barnes, H E (1891): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 06(2):129-153.
• Barnes, H E (1889): Nesting in western India. JBNHS. 04(4):237-255.
• Barnes, H E (1880): Notes on the nidification of certain species in the neighbourhood of Chaman, S. Afghanistan. Stray Feathers. 9(1,2&3), 212-220.
• Barnes, H E (1881): A list of birds observed in the neighbourhood of Chaman, S. Afghanistan. Stray Feathers. 9(5&6), 449-460.
• Barnes, H E (1885)): Handbook to the Birds of the Bombay Presidency. The Calcutta Central Press Co., Ltd., Calcutta. 449 pages.
• Swinhoe, C; Barnes, H (1885): On the birds of Central India-Part II. Ibis, 5 3(10):124-138.
• Swinhoe, C; Barnes, H (1885): On the birds of Central India-Part I. Ibis, 5 3(9):52-69.
• Barnes, H E (1881): Letters to the Editor. Stray Feathers. 10(1,2&3), 166-167.
• Barnes, H E (1897): The birds of India. A guide to Indian ornithology. 1981 Reprint ed. 2 vols. Cosmo Publications, New Delhi.

References

• Obituary. Ibis 1896:162
• Warr, F. E. 1996. Manuscripts and Drawings in the ornithology and Rothschild libraries of The Natural History Museum at Tring. BOC.

External links

• Barnes, H. Edwin (1885) Handbook to the birds of the Bombay presidency. Scanned book