Pat Hall

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Hall in Rhodesia, 1957 photograph by Alexander Wetmore

Beryl Patricia Hall b. Woodhouse (born June 13, 1917 in Epsom , † August 26, 2010 in Chichester ), often Pat Hall , was a British ornithologist .

Live and act

Pat Hall was born into a wealthy, middle-class family. She grew up in Epsom with her older brother. The parents denied her the desire to study math at Cambridge , resulting in a wasted and aimless 4 years at home. During this time her interest in bird watching developed. When the Second World War broke out in 1939 , she signed for the service of women in the Military Department of the Order of the British Empire and later for the air raid , where she trained emergency vehicle drivers. When the war broke out, she became engaged to gunner Lieutenant John Hall, who was soon transferred to the Middle East. Here Pat Hall served in the mechanical transport corps, where she worked as an ambulance driver. Originally sent to South Africa in March 1941, they were brought to Egypt, where she married John shortly after their arrival. She still ended the war as an ambulance driver in Italy. She published her experiences from this time in the book What a Way to Win a War! .

During her time in Egypt, Patricia Hall intensified her interest in avifauna. During the chaos of war, the bird rooms of the Natural History Museum (NHM) in Kensington had a huge backlog of new acquisitions and their maintenance and expansion . So after their failed marriage in 1947, Hall accepted a position as an assistant scientist, which was paid at 5 shillings an hour and no more than 100 pounds sterling per year. After several years in the museum, she quit her job in the bird room and took a job at the BBC .

Her positive attitude towards work in the ornithology department was quickly recognized in the museum. Since she brought additional experience from Africa and mechanical knowledge of automobiles, she was encouraged by the chief scientist of the bird area, James David Macdonald (1908–2002), at the end of 1949 to work with a team in western South Africa and in southwest Africa . During the six-month research expedition, the team collected 1,300 specimens of 200 species . She had to finance her trip out of her own pocket.

In the next two decades her work was a mixture of curatorial activity and collecting expeditions as well as research based on the collecting results. The latter activities resulted in important publications on the systematics and the distribution areas of different species. At the end of 1953 she went on an expedition to northern Bechuanaland . Here she lived with Reay Smithers (1907–1987), then director of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia . Although this project was also supported by the NHM, she planned the trip herself and largely financed it herself. In 1957 she attended the first Pan-African Ornithological Congress (PAOC) in Livingstone . Here she decided to use the time and undertake two more expeditions before and after the congress. Both expeditions were successful in terms of yield, but they differed for Hall in the enjoyment of the trip. Before the congress, she collected 1000 bird hides in the southern and central areas of Bechuanaland, particularly in the center of the Kalahari . After the congress, she decided to go to Angola as this country was under-represented in the NHM collection. For this reason, she cooperated with the well-known collector John George Williams (1913–1997) and others. Socially, the trip was a failure. Hall's view of the journey was described in 1993 in A Hawk from a Handsaw . Despite all the adversities, they collected nearly 1,000 bellows, including some new species for the NHM collection and over 20 new subspecies, which Hall described with great care in 1960. Apart from small, short collecting trips to Ngamiland , this was her last expedition to Africa. Nevertheless, important articles about the Pieper followed in 1961 and about the Frankoline in 1963 . Her most important work was the eight-year project An Atlas of Speciation in African Passerine Birds , initiated by Reginald Ernest Moreau (1897-1970), to which Moreau was unable to contribute due to illness.

When Major Harold Wesley Hall (1888–1964) financed her some collective expeditions to Australia, Hall shifted her focus from Africa to Australia. With her desert experience, she was slated to lead the third of five expeditions. The journey took her for six months to the dry inland areas of western and southern Australia. After all, it was she who summarized all the results of the five expeditions in 1974 in Birds of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions 1962-70 . At the end of the 1960s, the NHM planned to move the bird research collection to the Natural History Museum at Tring . Since Hall did not want to move, she made plans to leave the museum. Instead, she moved from Epsom to the New Forest District in late 1971 . Here she spent her retirement in the country with friends, her dogs and horses.

She had a special working relationship with Richard Patrick Goodwin (1920–2008), who had joined the museum around the same time. He also served in North Africa during the war. Hall admired him for the breadth of knowledge about birds. Both had the same sense of humor that they incorporated in their privately published book Bird Room Ballads from 1969. The illustration for the book was done by Alfred Marcus Hughes (1900–1991).

First descriptions by Pat Hall

Hall described several species and subspecies that were new to science. The species and subspecies include chronological and a .:

  • Rotkopferemomela ( Eremomela badiceps latukae Hall, BP , 1949)
  • Rose-headed ( Agapornis roseicollis catumbella Hall, BP , 1952)
  • Barn swallow ( Cecropis striolata mayri ( Hall, BP , 1953))
  • Red-headed warbler ( Cisticola chiniana smithersi Hall, BP , 1956)
  • Carpus tit ( Melaniparus carpi Macdonald & Hall, BP , 1957)
  • Long-billed pipit ( Anthus similis yamethini Hall, BP , 1957)
  • Manyar weaver ( Ploceus manyar williamsoni Hall, BP , 1957)
  • Garden orora ( Aegithina tiphia cambodiana Hall, BP , 1957)
  • Garden orora ( Aegithina tiphia deignani Hall, BP , 1957)
  • Angola lark ( Mirafra angolensis marungensis Hall, BP , 1958)
  • Angola Lark ( Mirafra angolensis antonii Hall, BP , 1958)
  • Gray-bellied leaf picker ( Prodotiscus zambesiae lathburyi Hall, BP , 1958)
  • Acacia tit ( Melaniparus cinerascens benguelae Hall, BP & Traylor , 1959)

Dedication names

Some subspecies were dedicated to her. So we find her name in the reed warbler ( Acrocephalus baeticatus hallae White, CMN , 1960), in Rotkappentimalie ( Timalia pileata patriciae Deignan , 1955), in Rostbauchbülbül ( Alophoixus ochraceus hallae Deignan , 1956), in the Braunbrustalethe ( Chamaetylas poliocephala hallae Traylor , 1961 ) and in the brown-headed cistus warbler ( Cisticola fulvicapilla hallae Benson , 1955).

Her name can also be found in Jacksonfrankolin ( Pternistis jacksoni patriciae Ripley & Bond, GM , 1971), a synonym for the nominate form , in Cossypha bocagei hallae Prigogine , 1969, a synonym for the Bocage red chalk subspecies ( Sheppardia bocagei chapini Benson , 1955 ), in Andropadus hallae Prigogine , 1972, a synonym for the nominated form of the Grünbülbüls ( Eurillas virens ( Cassin , 1857)) and in Anthus similis hallae ( White, CMN , 1957), a synonym for the long-billed pipit subspecies ( Anthus similis dewittei Chapin , 1937).

Memberships

Despite the shortcoming of not having received any formal training, Hall was repeatedly honored for her ornithological knowledge and her numerous publications. From 1955 to 1964 she worked in the Committee of the British Ornithologists' Club , where she was vice chairman from 1959 to 1961. For the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU), she was auxiliary editor for the journal The Ibis from 1971 to 1973 . In 1973 she was awarded the Union Medal for her tireless efforts in the service of ornithology. From 1973 to 1977 she was vice president of the BOU. Since 1963 she was a corresponding fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union . On August 22, 1977, she was finally elected an Honorary Fellow.

In 1971 she was awarded the Gill Memorial Medal Award by the South African Ornithological Society for her work on the bird world in Africa, a prize that was introduced in 1960 in honor of Edward Leonard Gill (1877-1956). In 1970 she was won over for a lecture at the 15th International Ornithological Congress in The Hague , and in 1974 she was given the Witherby Memorial Lecture of the British Trust for Ornithology . In 1976 she assumed the presidency of the 4th Pan African Ornithological Congress, which took place in Mahé from November 6th to 13th. The trip brought her considerable inconvenience as the Seychelles declared themselves independent from the United Kingdom that same year . Her greatest pride was the Stamford Raffles Award , which she received in 1971 from the Zoological Society of London and which was presented to her by Philip, Duke of Edinburgh .

Publications (selection)

  • A new race of Bush Wabler from the Sudan . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 69 , no. 8 , 1949, pp. 76-77 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • A new race of Agapornis from Angola . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 72 , no. 3 , 1952, pp. 25 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Note on the identity of Hirundo Substrzolata (Hume) . In: The Ibis . tape 95 , no. 3 , 1953, pp. 547 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1474-919X.1953.tb00714.x .
  • A review of the Boubou Shrike Laniarius ferrugineus . In: The Ibis . tape 96 , no. 3 , 1954, pp. 343-355 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1474-919X.1954.tb02328.x .
  • with Herbert Girton Deignan: A new race of leafbird from Indochina. In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 76 , no. 6 , 1956, pp. 96 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Notes on a small collection of birds from Panda Matenga, NE Bechuanaland . In: The Ostrich . tape 27 , no. 3 , 1956, pp. 96-109 , doi : 10.1080 / 00306525.1956.9639033 .
  • The taxonomic importance of variation in non-breeding plumage in Aegithina tiphia and A. nigrolutea . In: The Ibis . tape 99 , no. 2 , 1957, p. 143-156 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1474-919X.1957.tb01942.x .
  • with James David Macdonald: Ornithological results of the Bernard Carp / Transvaal Museum Expedition to the Kaokoveld . In: Annals of the Transvaal Museum . tape 23 , no. 1 , 1957, pp. 1–39 ( journals.co.za [PDF; 2.0 MB ]).
  • Taxonomic notes on the Spotted Owl, Athene brama, and the Striated Weaver, Ploceus manyar, in Siam, including a new race of the latter . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 77 , no. 3 , 1957, pp. 44-46 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • A new race of the Long-billed Rock Pipit, Anthus similis, from Burma . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 77 , no. 6 , 1957, pp. 102-103 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • A new race of Honeyguide from Mount Moco . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 78 , no. 9 , 1958, pp. 151-152 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Variation in the Angola Lark, Mirafra angolensis Bocage with a description of two new races . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 78 , no. 9 , 1958, pp. 152-154 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • A new race Cossypha natalensis . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 78 , no. 9 , 1958, pp. 154-155 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • with Melvin Alvah Traylor junior: The systematics of the African Gray Tits, Parus afer and Parus griseiventris . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 79 , no. 3 , 1959, pp. 42-46 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • The Ecology and Taxonomy of Some Angola Birds . In: Bulletin of the British Museum (=  Zoology ). tape 6 , no. 7 , 1960, pp. 367-453 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • The faunistic importance of the scarp of Angola . In: The Ibis . tape 102 , no. 3 , 1960, p. 420-442 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1474-919X.1960.tb08418.x .
  • The taxonomy and identification of pipits (genus Anthus) . In: Bulletin of the British Museum (=  Zoology ). tape 7 , no. 5 , 1961, pp. 243-289 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • with Reginald Ernest Moreau: A study of the rare birds of Africa . In: Bulletin of the British Museum (=  Zoology ). tape 8 , no. 7 , 1962, pp. 313-378 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • The francolins, a study in speciation . In: Bulletin of the British Museum (=  Zoology ). tape 10 , no. 2 , 1963, p. 105-204 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • with Reginald Ernest Moreau, Ian Courtney Julian Galbraith: Polymorphism and parallelism in the African bush-shrikes of the genus Malaconotus (including Chlorophoneus) . In: The Ibis . tape 108 , no. 2 , 1966, p. 161-182 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1474-919X.1966.tb07266.x .
  • with Richard Patrick Goodwin, Alfred Marcus Hughes: Bird Room ballads . The authors, London 1968.
  • with Reginald Ernest Moreau: Atlas of Speciation in African Passerine Birds . British Museum (Natural History), London 1970, ISBN 978-0-565-00680-8 .
  • What a Way to Win a War !: The Story of No.11 Company, Mechanized Transport Corps and 5-0-2 Motor Ambulance Convoy, ATS Midas Books, Tunbridge Wells 1970, ISBN 978-0-85936-136-1 .
  • in Karel Hendrik Voous: Causal ornithogeography of Africa in Proceedings of the XVth International Ornithological Congress rge Hague, The Netherlands 30 August - 5 September 1970 . EJ Brill, Leiden 1972, p. 585-593 ( books.google.de ).
  • Birds of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions 1962-70 . Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London 1974, ISBN 978-0-565-00745-4 .

literature

  • AOU Committee on memorials: In Memoriam: Beryl Patricia Hall, 1917-2010 . In: The Auk . tape 129 , no. 1 , 2012, p. 179 ( bioone.org ).
  • Constantine Walter Benson: New forms of Pipit, Longclaw, Robin-Chat, Grass-Warbler, Sunbird, Quail-Finch and Canary from Central Africa . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 75 , no. 8 , 1955, pp. 101-109 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Herbert Girton Deignan: The Races of the Red-capped Babbler, Timalia oleata Horsfield . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 75 , no. 9 , 1955, pp. 128-130 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Herbert Girton Deignan: The Asiatic species of birds of the genus Criniger (Pycnonotidae) . In: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . tape 134 , no. 2 , 1956, p. 1-9 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • John E. Pemberton: Who's Who in Ornithology . Buckingham Press, Buckingham 1997, ISBN 978-0-9514965-8-9 .
  • Alexandre Prigogine: Description of a new green bulbul from the Republic of Zaire . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 92 , no. 5 , 1972, p. 138-141 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Sidney Dillon Ripley, Gorman Morton Bond: Systematic Notes on a Collection of Birds from Kenya . In: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . tape 111 , 1971, pp. 1–21 ( repository.si.edu [PDF; 873 kB ]).
  • Melvin Alvah Traylor junior: Two new birds from Angola . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 81 , no. 3 , 1961, pp. 43-45 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Herbert Girton Deignan: The Races of the Red-capped Babbler, Timalia oleata Horsfield . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 75 , no. 9 , 1955, pp. 128-130 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Alexandre Prigogine: Trois nouveaux oiseaux du Katanga, Republique democratique du Congo . In: Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines . tape 79 , 1969, ISSN  0035-1814 , p. 110-116 ( books.google.de ).
  • Alexandre Prigogine: Description of a new green bulbul from the Republic of . tape 92 , no. 5 , 1972, p. 138-141 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Robert Prys-Jones: Beryl Patricia Hall née Woodhouse (1917-2010) . In: The Ibis . tape 153 , no. 4 , 2011, p. 913-914 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1474-919X.2011.01152.x ( onlinelibrary.wiley.com ).
  • George Elder Watson III: Proceedings of the Ninety-Fifth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union . In: The Auk . tape 95 , 1 (supplement), 1978, p. 1AA + 3AA-19AA , doi : 10.2307 / 4085302 .
  • Charles Matthew Newton White: Taxonomic Notes on African Pipits with description of a new race of Anthus similis . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 77 , no. 2 , 1957, p. 30-34 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Charles Matthew Newton White: A note on Acrocephalus boeticatus Vieillot . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 80 , no. 2 , 1960, p. 21-22 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Robert Prys-Jones, p. 913
  2. ↑ a b c d e Robert Prys-Jones, p. 914
  3. ^ Charles Matthew Newton White (1960), pp. 21-22
  4. ^ Herbert Girton Deignan (1955), p. 129
  5. ^ Herbert Girton Deignan (1956), p. 5
  6. ↑ Melvin Alvah Traylor junior (1961), p. 44
  7. ↑ Constantine Walter Benson (1955), p. 105
  8. ↑ Sidney Dillon Ripley et al. a. (1971), pp. 9-10
  9. ↑ Alexandre Alexandre Prigogine (1969), p. 112
  10. ↑ Alexandre Alexandre Prigogine (1972), p. 128
  11. ^ Charles Matthew Newton White (1957), p. 30
  12. ↑ AOU Committee on memorials, p. 179
  13. ^ George Elder Watson III, p. 1AA
personal data
SURNAME Hall, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hall, Beryl Patricia (full name); Woodhouse, Pat (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Epsom
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 2010
Place of death Chichester