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In the News (Thu 26 Nov 09)

  
  Ornithology
Swinhoe's prolific studies of wildlife on Taiwan have established his position not only as the instigator of the scientific study of the island's birds but also as a major contributor to the theory of evolution proposed by Darwin and Wallace.
This bird was identified by Swinhoe during early 1860 in the region of Hong Kong.
Christina Stronach was the daughter of the missionary Alexander Stronach of Foochow, China, and married Robert Swinhoe in 1862.
takaoclub.com /swinhoe/ornithology.htm   (2046 words)

  
 Swinhoe's Pheasants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As one of the more successful of the latter group in his day, Swinhoe enjoyed some notoriety, but if his long-term goal was to someday be admitted to the rank of professional naturalists, (and this is not known for certain), that dream was ended by his early demise at the age of 42.
Swinhoe agree together on their markings, and he tells me all of this form upon the island also agree with these types.
Swinhoe was posted to Ningpo, a major seaport south of Shanghai, in May 1871.
home.gwi.net /~pineking/RS/Phez.html   (2110 words)

  
 Robert Swinhoe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Robert Swinhoe (September 1, 1836 - October 28, 1877) was an (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English (A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)) naturalist.
Swinhoe was born in (The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding) Calcutta, (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) India.
His brother Colonel (additional info and facts about Charles Swinhoe) Charles Swinhoe was one of the founding members of the (additional info and facts about Bombay Natural History Society) Bombay Natural History Society in India.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_swinhoe.htm   (275 words)

  
 Swinhoe Biography
Swinhoe's parents sent him to England for his education, where he enrolled in King's College School, London in 1852, and subsequently registered at the University of London in 1853.
Swinhoe was extremely active while in England, visiting numerous naturalists, setting up an award-winning "Formosan Booth" at the London Exhibition, and giving a series of lectures for groups such as the Ethnological Society of London, the British Association, and the Royal Geographical Society.
Swinhoe was originally stationed in Taiwanfoo, but was quickly moved to Takao, where he was promoted to consul on 4 February 1865 and served until the spring of 1866.
academic.reed.edu /formosa/texts/swinhoebio.html   (1207 words)

  
 Robert Swinhoe
Swinhoe's prolific studies of wildlife established his position not only as the instigator of the scientific study of the Taiwan's birds but also as a major contributor to the theory of evolution proposed by Darwin and Wallace.
Swinhoe's second trip to Formosa was made as interpreter aboard the British warship HMS Inflexible which arrived at today's Budai, Chia-yi County, on 8 June 1858.
Swinhoe, weakened by a probable stroke, was briefly assigned to Chefoo (Yantai, Shangdong Province) in 1873.
www.takaoclub.com /swinhoe   (1970 words)

  
 VOLUME 1 (1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel breeds in the northwest Pacific Ocean on islands off Korea, off Shantung in China, and off Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan and on the Verkhovski and Karamzin Islands near Vladivostok.
Bulwer’s Petrel, a possible confusion species with Swinhoe’s, was only recognised a year previous to this sighting by Jardine and Selby (1828) and Harcourt (1855) identified this individual as such, although the description of the bird seems likely to have referred to a dark-rumped storm-petrel (Bourne, 1990).
We would be inclined to agree with the theory that records of Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel in the Western Palearctic occur as a result of random vagrancy into the Atlantic, via the Cape of Southern Africa, and not as a result of a small breeding population.
www.wildlifeweb.f9.co.uk /birdscot/docs/article3-4.htm   (2634 words)

  
 Nyctemera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
(Swinhoe, 1892) from the Kai Islands, which is indicated by external characters and similarities in genitalia.
(Swinhoe, 1892) (the latter being a comb.nov.); Migoplastis philippinensis Rothschild, 1933 is synonymized with
(Schultze, 1910); Deilemera purata Swinhoe, 1917 is synonymized with
www.science.uva.nl /zma/entomology/NyctemeraEngl.html   (977 words)

  
 Ghosts Of The Midlands. (Page 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Almost certainly she was the ghost of Imogen Swinhoe, the second wife of Henry Swinhoe, a retired Indian civil servant who bought the house, Garden Reach, which stands at the corner of Pittville Circus Road and All Saints Road, in 1860 when it was built, and lived there for 16 years up until his death.
Henry Swinhoe was very much in love with his first wife and when she died he took to drink to swallow his grief.
Imogen died on 23rd September, 1878, at the age of 41, and her remains were brought back to Cheltenham to be interred in the churchyard, a mere quarter of a mile from the house in which she had lived.
members.aol.com /MercStG2/GOMIDPage1.html   (11694 words)

  
 TRAGOPAN 5
Swinhoe's pheasants appeared mostly in primary broadleaf forest, in areas where the canopy was closed, the undergrowth sparse, and the slopes gentle.
Interestingly, even the brightly coloured male Swinhoe's pheasant is remarkably difficult to detect in a forest, probably because the contrasting bright sunny patches and dark shadows of the forest produces a visual pattern very similar to the colour pattern of his back.
Swinhoe's pheasant nests are in dark and obscure locations, generally under some large shelter, such as a fallen log, rock, or overhang in hardwood or mixed forests.
www.open.ac.uk /science/biosci/research/ecology/P_McGowa/TRAGOPAN/TRAGOPAN.html   (10220 words)

  
 Northern Light Charters - The Chalice Petrel: http://www.northernlight-uk.com/cp_6
Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel is superficially like the Chalice bird (dark, with a conspicuous carpal bar), but it differs in many ways: it is much smaller, the tail appearing short in relation to body size, and it has a very different flight style.
Swinhoe’s were also seen progressing rapidly in tight, low, Pterodroma-like arcs, much as Leach’s occasionally do, but the wings were noticeably straighter, with little apparent bend on the trailing edge, and the tail appeared to be slightly shorter.
The Swinhoe’s we saw were extremely dark flish-brown throughout, with a very conspicuous and contrasty tan carpal bar on the upperwing.
www.northernlight-uk.com /cp_6.htm   (2096 words)

  
 Ghost Story 2: The Ghost Detective
She was certain that Imogen Swinhoe was the woman in fl, a sign that the ghost was a widow.
Swinhoe died in the month of July, his first wife died in August, and Imogen died in September.
Swinhoe but it prepared her for her future career.
www.jamesmdeem.com /ghoststory2.htm   (1361 words)

  
 Submission No:304
Their personal experience in the field with Swinhoe's Snipe revealed that they too could portray varying amounts of foot projection.
Hayman et al (1986) in their table of Gallinago snipe ID characters, claim that the primaries are covered by the tertials in Pin-tailed Snipe but that the tips of the primaries extend well past the tertials in Swinhoe's.
This is now considered to be incorrect, as in Swinhoe's too; the tertials conceal most or all of the primaries in the folded wing.
users.bigpond.net.au /palliser/barc/case304.html   (535 words)

  
 Northern Light Charters - The Chalice Petrel: http://www.northernlight-uk.com/cp_3
What was then unknown was that Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel seems invariably to show some white primary streaks: based on photographic and museum evidence, these are visible on the outer 5-6 primaries, as for Matsudaira’s.
For example, the white shaft streaks on the outer primaries of Swinhoe’s, so immediately apparent in the hand, had been considered to be invisible in the field (e.g.
Swinhoe’s Storm-petrels at Tynemouth: new to Britain and Ireland.
www.northernlight-uk.com /cp_3.htm   (1970 words)

  
 Birding in Taiwan - Most Wanted Species   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Although endangered, Swinhoe's Pheasants are not particularly difficult to see in some areas, and their numbers do appear to be increasing.
The easiest place to see the Swinhoe's Pheasant at Anmashan, however, is on Trail 220, an abandoned logging road that branches off to the right of the pave road just before the 39 K mark.
Unlike the Swinhoe's Pheasant, Mikado Pheasants are more adaptable; it is often found in sparse forest, fir forest/plantations, or even where there is no forest, just tall bamboo or grasses.
www.geocities.com /RainForest/9003/species.htm   (4463 words)

  
 Submission No:323
This submission concerns the sighting of 15 birds considered to be Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monophris sighted at sea between Ashmore Reef and Broome, WA.
Pale shafts to the primaries do exist on Swinhoe's Storm Petrel but unless extremely close views were obtained it would be normal to expect these NOT to be visible.
Of concern to one member was the fact that the both observers were (particularly in the second sighting) describing groups of birds rather than single individuals, potentially causing concern should more than one species be involved.
users.bigpond.net.au /palliser/barc/sub295.html   (571 words)

  
 A Pintail or Swinhoe's Snipe in the BetShean Valley, Israel, 2nd September 2003
A Pintail or Swinhoe's Snipe in the BetShean Valley
In each case, the Pintail or Swinhoe's Snipe is on the lower left of the image.
The complications of separating these two species in the field were recently highlighted in the journal British Birds by Paul J. Leader and Geoff J. Carey (BB Vol.96 No.4), and the authors concluded that safe field identification is generally not possible.
www.birdingisrael.com /birdNews/newsAlert/pintail   (354 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
"Children form a view of themselves, and they usually get that view from their peers." According to Swinhoe, a licensed marriage and family therapist and pastoral counselor, data shows that negative self-image can be instilled in a child as early as 5 years old and is largely related to the parents' view of obesity.
"Then they grow up with an unrealistic view of their bodies." Swinhoe believes that approximately 25 to 30 percent of adolescents struggle with obesity today, and while many appear to go unaffected by constant ridicule, Swinhoe said the teasing and taunts have a much deeper psychological effect.
"Parents should help the children talk about their struggles, and they should talk about their own struggles as well." Swinhoe argues that it is much easier to face a problem when you are not alone, and parents speaking out with their own experiences not only normalizes the child's struggle, but also empowers the child.
www.agr.state.tx.us /foodnutrition/database/article/2003/aug2003/na/emotional_scars.doc   (447 words)

  
 BirdForum - Swinhoe's Snipe?
The overal uniformity of tone suggests Swinhoe's, the orange tail patch is just about the brightest feature on the bird, typical of spring Swinhoe's" (but beware that this photo is taken in August).
The Swinhoe's is a nimble footed and extremely energetic (almost mouse-like) bird which prefers dry surfaces close to water, like large floating mats.
I have never seen Common and Swinhoe's in the same habitat, although they may be only a kilometer away.
www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=22439   (803 words)

  
 Durham Mining Museum - Hall Pit, Fatfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Swinhoe, Robert, 28 Sep 1813, aged 40, killed in the 1813 explosion [More information...
Swinhoe, Thomas, 28 Sep 1813, aged 9, killed in the 1813 explosion [More information...
Swinhoe, William, 28 Sep 1813, aged 36, killed in the 1813 explosion [More information...
www.dmm.org.uk /colliery/h051.htm   (615 words)

  
 Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World -- Swinhoe's Storm-petrel
Cubitt, M. (1995) Swinhoe's Storm-petrels at Tynemouth: New to Britain and Ireland.
Gao, Yuan-hong (1988) Preliminary observations on the ecology of Swinhoe's Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis in the Yellow Sea.
Takeshita, M. (1992) [The first record of the Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis in Hyogo Prefecture {Japan}.] Strix 11: 359-360.
www.oceanwanderers.com /SwinhoStormPet.html   (255 words)

  
 Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly)
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Sesamia calamistis Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) are the most important stemborers of maize and grain sorghum in Mozambique.
Three species are commonly found; the exotic spotted stalk borer, Chilo partellus Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), the maize stalk borer, Busseola fusca (Fuller), and the pink stemborer, Sesamia calamistis Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).  Among these, C.
Distribution and sampling of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in maize and sorghum on the Kenya coast.
www.bioline.org.br /request?cs99040   (2737 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
DIPU DAS, CPM councillor of ward 67, met the readers of The Telegraph in her Swinhoe Lane office to answer their queries.
Mrinal Roy: In several pockets in the ward — Dharmatala Road, KN Sen Road and Swinhoe Lane, for example — rainwater remains stagnant for several days.
My predecessor had wanted to set up 85 toilets in the slums in my ward, but was thwarted by the board.
www.telegraphindia.com /1051031/asp/calcutta/story_5418050.asp   (554 words)

  
 R A Swinhoe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Robert Alfred Swinhoe was a tenor chorister on D'Oyly Carte's second tour of the European continent (April 1887-February 1888), and with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "C" from February 1888 to November 1896.
Swinhoe continued to play small tenor parts with Company "C" (later known as the D'Oyly Carte Principal Repertory Opera Company) until June 1904.
Swinhoe was married to fellow D'Oyly Carte artist Jessie Vince.
math.boisestate.edu /GaS/whowaswho/S/SwinhoeRA.htm   (307 words)

  
 Swinhoe1866
By R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.R.G.S., H.B.M. Consul, Formosa.
Swinhoe has sent us the following notes of various excursions he has made in the island of Formosa, as supplement to his Paper published in the Journal, vol.
North-East Formosa.&emdash;At the end of May I again visited Sawo Bay by sea.
academic.reed.edu /formosa/texts/Swinhoe1866.html   (4417 words)

  
 Swinhoe's Pheasants
Now the majority of the population is restricted to national parks and other protected land.
The Swinhoe's breeding season usually starts in March and ends in May or June dependent upon the weather.
Hens lay between 5 and 10 eggs in a clutch and the incubation period is around 25 days.
www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/cumberland/28/id46.htm   (88 words)

  
 Swinhoe Smithy - Self Catering Cottage, Beadnell, Seahouses, Northumberland, Farne Islands, Lindisfarne, Dunstanburgh, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Swinhoe Smithy - Self Catering Cottage, Beadnell, Seahouses, Northumberland, Farne Islands, Lindisfarne, Dunstanburgh, Bamburgh.
Only 9 miles from the A1, take the B1340 at Rock and head towards Seahouses.
This map from Streetmap.co.uk, shows exactly where we are.
www.swinhoesmithy.co.uk /pages/findus.html   (69 words)

  
 Tailormade Tours to East, West and North Africa
I was expecting maybe only a handful of the endemics on their last trip and we saw them all with relative ease and not just one Swinhoe's Pheasant, but a whole shed-load.
We think this is some kind of world record, and one we don’t think we will ever repeat, but needless to say, we saw these birds exceptionally well.
We saw 14 Swinhoe’s Pheasants in a little under one hour by driving quietly along a private track (that very few people know about), which hardly has any disturbance and where the birds are safe from hunters.
www.tropicalbirding.com /tripReports/TaiwanNov2004.htm   (5091 words)

  
 Swinhoe's Pheasants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Swinhoe's Pheasant was first discovered in 1862 in Formosa (now Taiwan).
Swinhoe's are fairly easy for the beginnining pheasant fancier, although they don't usually breed in their first year.
A juvenile Swinhoe Pheasant male on the left, and part of a female on the right
www.feathersite.com /Poultry/NDG/Pheas/BRKSwin.html   (112 words)

  
 Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodrama monorhis
The bird was taken into professional care, by which time we'd identified it as a Swinhoe's Storm Petrel.
This was just the third record for Israel and the first to be seen alive in the field.
Remarkably, Swinhoe's Storm Petrel breeds in the NW Pacific off Japan, South and West Korea and migrates to the SW Pacific and Northern Indian ocean.
www.birdingisrael.com /birdNews/GuestOfHonor/storm-petrel   (439 words)

  
 Neutron Detector, Prototype Detector shown by Ianakiev and Swinhoe
Metal cladding on the exterior surfaces of the two single-cell prototypes shields their electronics from the electrical noise produced by power lines and other external sources.
Measurements made with the prototypes have confirmed calculations of their neutron detection efficiency done by Martyn Swinhoe (left).
The plastic detector body on the right will be used to build an eight-cell detector—the first fieldable version of the modular detector.
www.lanl.gov /quarterly/q_sum03/ianakiev_swinhoe.shtml   (115 words)

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