Pocock, Reginald Innes, 1863-1947 (British zoologist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from G.P. Lort, 06 November 1910
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/28
Scope and Contents
Lort writes that he has not yet been able to buy any Welsh ewes that have not been with a ram, but when he does he will send one with a 'Soa' ewe to Pocock and four to Ewart along with a Shropshire and St Kilda cross and Manx and St Kilda cross. He provides some information about the tails of various sheep breeds.
Dates:
06 November 1910
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Reginald Innes Pocock, 04 October 1917
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/23/9
Scope and Contents
Pocock writes that the only specimens of long and fat-tailed sheep that he knows of in England are at Woburn. He is afraid Ewart will never get hold of an Ovis poli or Ovis ammon, as the Zoological Society has only had one in the course of its history and they are practically unobtainable. He asks whether Ewart could make do with Ovis vignei, as all the Asiatic sheep are very close. He offers to run a Vignei ram...
Dates:
04 October 1917
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- Animals--Transportation 1
- Argali (sheep) 1
- Cross-Breeding 1
- Fat-tailed sheep 1
- Hybrids 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Shropshire sheep 1
- Societies and Clubs 1
- Tail 1
- Urial (sheep) 1
- Welsh mountain sheep 1 + ∧ less
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