Harvie-Brown, John Alexander, 1844-1916 (ornithologist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 31 March 1911
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/16
Scope and Contents
Elwes mentions an interesting breed of sheep called 'Neerie sheep' he has heard of from Harvie-Brown, as well as another breed, 'dun-faced sheep', which he has read about. He will write to Switzerland for information on a race of Swiss sheep which appears to resemble the Soay sheep and may be a direct descendent of a primeval Swiss breed.
Dates:
31 March 1911
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Alexander Harvie-Brown, with enclosed photograph, 01 July 1903
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/67
Scope and Contents
Harvie-Brown returns the photograph of the goose which Ewart has sent him, and says he takes it to be a cross between a Canadian and a Greylag goose, and gives details of the two species.
Dates:
01 July 1903
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- Subject
- Animals--Colour 1
- Canada Goose 1
- Greylag Goose 1
- Hybrids 1
- Photographs 1
- Prehistoric animals 1
- Scottish Dunface (sheep) 1
- Sheep 1
- Sheep breeds 1
- Soay sheep 1
- Species 1 + ∧ less
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