Phyllis Barclay-Smith

Phyllis Barclay-Smith Ida Phyllis Barclay-Smith Order of the British Empire CBE (18 May 1902 – 2 January 1980) was a British Ornithology ornithologist, editor from 1939 to 1973 of the The Avicultural Magazine, conservationist, and translator. In 1970 she was appointed Order of the British Empire Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Quotes The Mute swan Mute Swan can readily be distinguisedh from the true wild Swans, the Whooper swan Whooper and the Tundra swan Bewick, for it arches its neck much more and its bill is reddish orange with a protruding black knob at the base ... British Birds on Lake, River and Stream Volume 1 of King Penguin books: ed. by Elizabeth Senior Penguin Books Ltd 1939 https://books.google.com/books?id=Nz9BAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=traceable 14 (31 pages; with Sixteen Colour Plates After the Originals in the Birds of Great Britain by John Gould) Wrens do not appear to indulge to any great extent, though they appreciate drinking water. It should be remembered that if birds have plenty to drink in summer they are less likely to make attacks on fruit. Garden Birds Issue 19 of King Penguin books Penguin 1946 https://books.google.com/books?id=AO9PAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=indulge 12 (35 pages) At the time the British Ornithologists' Union was formed the main interest in birds lay in whether they or their eggs were good to eat, or in their possibilities as a source of amusement at which to blaze off a gun. 1959 The British contribution to bird protection Ibis 101 1 115-122 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1959.tb02363.x 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1959.tb02363.x External links Category:1902 births Category:1980 deaths Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Editors from England Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:Ornithologists Category:Translators from England Category:Women authors from England Category:Women born in the 1900s