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Bird Records
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1882-1970 (Creation)
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19.5 cm of textual materials.
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The material was donated to the Local History & Archives Department of the Hamilton Public Library in 2013 by former President of the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club, Michael Fischer. A small accrual of material was later donated to the department at an unknown date by Club member, Lois Evans.
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Series consists of detailed observations and daily journal records of birds and their nesting patterns in Hamilton, Ontario. The data was predominantly collected and recorded by Hamilton ornithologists Thomas McIlwraith (1824-1903), and George W. North, who was a member of the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club. Also included in this series are bird records from Kenneth C. McIlwraith and J. Harvey Williams, as well as Christmas Bird Count Censuses, and a report on the Ontario Nest Records Scheme.