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Donations of Birds to the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec Museum 1830-1837
[The following is a short list of donations of bird skins and mounted specimens to the Museum of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec from 27 December, 1830 to 1 November, 1837. These are set out in the Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec Vol 3:408-411. (1838)
No other record of donations of birds can be found in Volume 1 (1829), 2 (1831), 4 (1855) and 5 (1862). A considerably larger list of specimens in the LHSQ Museum was published by LeMoine in Transactions, New Series Number 13 (1879). For details see 19th Century Quebec LeMoine.
It is evident in the list below that the Sheppard family, with donations of 7 identified mounted bird specimens and an additional 18 unidentified bird skins, was the major early ornithological contributor to the LHSQ museum.]
| Species | Donator |
|---|---|
| Hooded Merganser (2) | R. H. Gairdener |
| Willow Ptarmigan | A. Hart, mounted specimen from Three Rivers |
| Semipalmated Plover | G. C. E. Colthurst |
| Marbled Godwit | Lieut. Randolf |
| American Woodcock | J. H. Edwards, skin |
| Common Murre | F. A. Bowen R.N. skin with eggs |
| Black Guillemot | F. A. Bowen R. N., skin with eggs |
| Atlantic Puffin | Wm Kelly M.D. Mingan |
| Common Loon | Robert Symes, mounted specimen |
| Loon species eggs (2) | Master Antle Panet |
| Stormy-Petrel species | G. Douglas M. D., mounted specimen |
| Northern Gannet | Charles Poole M. D. |
| Northern Gannet | T. Holdsworth |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Montague Sewell |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Montague Sewell |
| Broad-winged Hawk | C. C. Sheppard |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Maxfield Sheppard |
| Broad-winged Hawk | George Ryland |
| Red-tailed Hawk | R. S. M. Bouchette |
| Hawk species | Maxfield Sheppard |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Charles Sheppard |
| Barred Owl | James Douglas M. D. |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Augustus Sewell |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | C. C. Sheppard |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Augustus Sewell |
| American Kestrel | H. D. Sewell |
| American Kestrel | Montague Sewell |
| Merlin | Frere Derome, skin |
| Flycatcher species | H. D. Sewell (Musicicapa olivaeica) |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Augustus Sewell |
| Red-eyed Vireo | George Ryland, nest and eggs |
| Canada Jay | Maxfield Sheppard |
| Horned Lark | Maxfield Sheppard |
| Swallow species | Maxfield Sheppard |
| Cedar Waxwing (2) | H. D. Sewell |
| Cedar Waxwing | George Ryland, nest and young |
| American Goldfinch (3) | G. C. E. Colthurst |
| Bobolink | Maxfield Sheppard |
| Common Yellowthroat | H. D. Sewell, skin |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Maxfield Sheppard |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| Unidentified Bird Skins (18) | William Sheppard, from “Woodfield” |
| Unidentified Bird Skins (6) | James Lowndes |
| Seabird eggs (44) | F. A. Bowen R. N. |
Bibliography
Wikipedia. 1838. Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Volume 3: 408-411 Montreal: W. Neilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiteraryandHistoricalSocietyof_Quebec