| Titre : | Nineteenth-century ornithology, Leadenhall Market and fraud |
| Auteurs : | Henry McGhie, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | British Birds (105(11) NOV 2012) |
| Article en page(s) : | 678-682 |
| Résumé : | Following recent contributions in BB, this paper discusses some contemporary references to London's Leadenhall Market as a source of specimens and explores the nature of investigations of notable records in the 'early days' of standardised ornithology. Collectors and ornithologists were well aware of the potential for fraud and their working methods were developed to minimise the possibility of it. Reliability of information was a key consideration and great care was taken to ascertain the provenance of records. |



