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"Kat" ( - )

Bird Notes Recorded the 1855 or 1857 Flintshire Roller.

Kay, G. Theo (1888 - 1976) Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland.

Bird Notes Recorded the 1936 Shetland Ross's Gull. Saw and recorded the 1944 Shetland Red-breasted Flycatcher. Saw and recorded the 1945 Shetland Icterine Warbler. Examined the skin of the 1945 Shetland Greenish Warbler.

Keighley, Miss Joan ( - )

Bird Notes Trapped the 1948 Pembrokeshire Olive-backed Pipit. Trapped and recorded the 1948 Pembrokeshire Western Bonelli's Warbler. Trapped and recorded the 1948 Pembrokeshire Woodchat Shrike.

Kelly, A. ( - )

Bird Notes Recorded the 1870 Northumberland Great Snipe. Recorded the pre 1875 Borders Common Crane.

Kelsall, Rev. John Edward (05/01/1864 - 11/10/1924) Fareham, Hampshire; Milton Rectory, New Milton, Hampshire.

Bird Notes Recorded the 1876 Dorset Aquatic Warbler.

Biography Rector. Was at Balliol College. Author of The Birds of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (1905) with Munn, and assisted by H. F. Witherby.

Obituary Ibis 1925: 490-491.

Kemp, Peter ( - ) Kent.

Bird Notes Shot the 1889 Kent Ferruginous Duck.

Biography Wildfowler.

Kempsey, Ernest ( - )

Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1909 Yorkshire Glossy Ibis.

Kendall ( - ) Cornwall.

Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1863 Cornwall Calandra Lark.

Kennaway, Leonard M. ( - ) Homefield, Exeter, Devon.

Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1889 Devon Bee-eater.

Kennedy, David Shaw ( - )

Bird Notes Shot the 1921 Ayrshire Great Snipe.

Kennedy, R. ( - ) Invergowrie, Perth & Kinross.

Bird Notes Recorded the 1925 Perth & Kinross Rose-coloured Starling.

Kent ( - ) Old Park, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

Bird Notes Found and owned the 1896 Wight Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

Kent, Robert ( - ) St Leonards, Sussex.

Bird Notes Shot, recorded and preserved the 1857 Sussex White-rumped Sandpiper. Preserved and owned the 1859 Sussex Little Crake. Preserved the 1871 Sussex Rose-coloured Starling.

Biography Robert Kent is described in A. F. Griffith's Catalogue of the Booth Museum as a bird stuffer and barber. He taught E. T. Booth and George Bristow the art of taxidermy. His business was taken over by the latter in 1874.

Kepple, W. A. W. ( - )

Bird Notes Presented the 1839 Norfolk Great Bustard to Norwich Museum.

Kerley, H. S. ( - ) Deptford, Kent.

Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1945 Kent January Roller.

Kerr Harris, Charles ( - ) Portobello, Edinburgh, Lothian.

Bird Notes Examined and recorded the 1913 Argyll Glossy Ibis.

Kerr, W. J. ( - ) Maesmor, Denbighshire.

Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1869 Meirionnydd Great Snipe. Recorded the rejected 1870 Denbighshire Great Snipe.

Biography Correspondent to J. A. Harvie-Brown.

Kerr, W. M. ( - )

Bird Notes Trapped and examined the 1936 Isle of May Yellow-breasted Bunting.

Kerrison, E. P. ( - ) Charles Street, Wrexham, Denbighshire.

Bird Notes Recorded the 1868 Denbighshire Red-footed Falcon.

Kerry, F. ( - ) 22, Maria Street, Harwich, Essex.

Bird Notes Recorded and owned the 1880 Essex Night Heron. Recorded the seen 1882 Essex Little Bustard.

Kersey, J. R. ( - )

Bird Notes Shot the 1889 Norfolk Little Bittern.

Kershaw, Rev. Bertram ( - ) Fledborough Rectory, Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Bird Notes Recorded the 1889 Nottinghamshire Little Bittern.

Biography Rector.

Kershaw, W. E. E. ( - )

Bird Notes Owned the 1894 Ceredigion Little Crake.

Keulemans, John Gerrard (1842 - 1912)

Bird Notes Had drawn the figures for Dresser's Birds of Europe. Saw and identified the 1892 Essex Little Bunting.

Biography Artist.

Obituary British Birds 6: 58.

Kew, H. H. ( - ) 5, Eastgate, and 2, Upgate, Louth, Lincolnshire.

Bird Notes Preserved the 1880 Lincolnshire Tengmalm's Owl. Preserved the 1880 Lincolnshire Bee-eater. Preserved the 1889 Lincolnshire Two-barred Crossbill. Preserved the 1902 Lincolnshire White-tailed Eagle.

Keywood, K. P. ( - )

Bird Notes Recorded the 1934 Sussex Little Bittern.

Kidd, Waring (c.1789 - ) Hatch, Godalming, Surrey.

Bird Notes Recorded the pre1837 Surrey Bee-eater.

Biography Associated with the 'Rusticus' papers by Edward Newman.

Kimberley ( - )

Bird Notes Owned the 1875 Norfolk Purple Heron.

Kinahan, Professor John Robert ( - )

Bird Notes Recorded the early list of Irish Stone Curlews. Recorded four 1835 Irish Snowy Owls. Reported the two 1853 Tipperary Snowy Owls he had seen.

King ( - ) Warminster, Wiltshire.

Bird Notes Preserved the 1868 Wiltshire Great Snipe. Preserved the 1871 Wiltshire Great Bustard to Salisbury Museum.

King ( - )

Bird Notes Shot the pre1815 Suffolk Gyr Falcon.

King, Bernard (1907 - 26/03/1987) Newlyn, Cornwall.

Bird Notes Saw the 1946 Avon American Wigeon. Saw and recorded the 1947 Somerset American Wigeon. Saw and recorded the 1947 Somerset Tawny Pipit.

Biography See British Birds 70: 336-338.

Obituary British Birds 81: 166-170.

King, C. J. ( - )

Bird Notes Recorded in an annotation the rejected 1925 Scilly White-billed Diver.

King, C. R. B. ( - )

Bird Notes Saw the 1945 Yorkshire Snowy Owl.

King, H. W. M. ( - ) Wood Green, Haringey, London.

Bird Notes Owned the c.1832 Essex White-tailed Eagle.

King, Rev. R. Stuart ( - ) Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

Bird Notes Shot and owned the 1891 Essex Spotted Eagle.

King, Major W. Ross ( - )

Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1858 Northeast Scotland Harlequin Duck.

Kingstone, George ( - ) Queen's College, Oxford, Oxfordshire.

Bird Notes Shot the 1793 North Wales Cream-coloured Courser

Kinkell, John ( - )

Bird Notes Shot the rejected c.1861 Lothian American Bittern.

Biography Gamekeeper.

Kinnear, M. I. ( - )

Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1950 Fife Isabelline Shrike.

Kinnear, Norman Boyd (11/08/1882 - 11/08/1957) Lothian; London.

Bird Notes Recorded the 1906 Outer Hebrides Ivory Gull. Preserved the 1936 Shetland Black-and-White Warbler

Biography Curator Royal Scottish Museum and British Museum, London. Ornithologist and zoologist. Visited Fair Isle in the autumns of 1905 and 1906 with William Eagle Clarke, remaining for five weeks on each occasion. They trained George Stout to be the bird-recorder for Fair Isle. He was a great grandson of Sir William Jardine. He was knighted in 1930 for services to the museums (Royal Scottish Museum and British Museum, London), where he was curator. The sudden death of Sir Norman Kinnear, on 11th August 1957, his 75th birthday, is a great loss to the ornithological world and of particular sorrow to the countless ornithologists who have reason to be grateful for the help and advice he was always ready to give. Sir Norman was not only an outstanding ornithological figure, but also one of the few remaining all-round naturalists, and his interest in other branches of the animal kingdom and in plants was second only to his own speciality.

Born of Scottish parents, he was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Glenalmond. He became a Volunteer Assistant at the Royal Scottish Museum in 1905 and his interest in that Museum was actively maintained until his death. In 1907 Norman Kinnear left Scotland for India where he occupied the post of Curator of the Bombay Natural History Museum until 1919 and during this time gained a wide knowledge of Asiatic birds. His connection with the British Museum (Natural History) began in 1920 when he was appointed an Assistant in the Zoology Department and during the years advanced to Keeper of Zoology. Finally in 1947 he was appointed Director of the Museum, being the first ornithologist to occupy this post, which he held until 1950. He always played an active part in the affairs of the British Ornithologists' Union and was its President during the difficult period of 1943-48.

Though in his official life a museum man, Sir Norman gave every encouragement to field work and for many years served on the Council of the British Trust for Ornithology and towards the end of his last term of office was elected Chairman when he did great service to the Trust by his diplomatic guidance of its affairs. The width of Sir Norman's interests was so great, and the organisations to which he gave unstinted help to so many, that it is difficult in a short space to mention them in any detail. He was a great supporter of the Linnean Society of London and he served on the Council of the Zoological Society of London, of which he became a Vice-President. He was a member of several Committees of the National Trust acting in various capacities from 1935 till the time of his death.

One of the earliest members of the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, he was elected a Vice-President in 1947. He took part in the work of the Nature Reserves Investigation Committees organised by the S.P.N.R., which provided the foundations on which the Nature Conservancy was built. He subsequently became a member of the Nature Conservancy on its establishment in 1949 and remained for his full term of office till 1955. During this time he also served on the Scientific Policy Committee, England and Wales Committee, Post-Graduate Research Studentship Sub-Committee and, from time to time, on the Grants Committee of that body. He also represented the Conservancy on the Government Working Party on precautionary measures against toxic chemicals used in Agriculture, which produced the report on risks to wild life, published in 1955. Though intolerant of sentimental bird protection, Sir Norman's support of practical measures dates back to the Plumage Act of 1921. He served on the Home Office Advisory Committee which drew up the original proposals for the 1954 Bird Protection Act. As Chairman of the British Section, International Committee for Bird Preservation, from 1947 to the time of his death, Sir Norman achieved much in the field of international bird protection. His sound knowledge, patience and, above all, unfailing wisdom, played no small part in solving many difficult problems. Of a very retiring nature, he abhorred publicity and even shunned acknowledgement; he always preferred to work quietly in the background and a wonderful grin would spread over his face when his efforts were crowned with success. He leaves a widow and two daughters.

Obituary British Birds 50: 436-437.

Kirk, Charles ( - 1922) Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.

Bird Notes Preserved the 1909 Ayrshire Little Crake. Preserved the 1913 Ayrshire Gyr Falcon. Preserved and recorded the 1913 Orkney Snowy Owl.

Biography Understood to have trained under Rowland Ward. Also a photographer. George Wilson Stout left Fair Isle in 1909 to work for him.

Kirkby ( - ) Ulverston, Cumbria.

Bird Notes Preserved the rejected 1876 Cumbria Purple Swamphen. Identified the 1886 Cumbria Little Crake.

Kirkby, E. W. ( - )

Bird Notes Informed Forrest about the rejected 1865 Denbighshire Great Bustard.

Kirke ( - ) Glasgow.

Bird Notes Preserved the c.1889 Outer Hebrides Gyr Falcon. Preserved the 1903 Outer Hebrides Gyr Falcon.

Kirke Nash, J. ( - )

Bird Notes Saw and recorded the pair 1920 Lothian Bee-eaters.

Kirkwall, Lord ( - )

Bird Notes Shot the 1798 Oxfordshire Night Heron.

Kirtland ( - )

Bird Notes Owned the 1837 Oxfordshire Rose-coloured Starling. Owned the pre 1849 Oxfordshire Black-winged Stilt.

Kitchen, Moore ( - ) Cumbria.

Bird Notes Picked up dead the rejected 1932 Cumbria Wilson's Storm-petrel and owned it.

Kitching, George ( - ) Whitby, Yorkshire.

Bird Notes Shot the 1861 Yorkshire Pine Grosbeak. Owned the 1871 Yorkshire Collared Pratincole. Shot the 1872 Yorkshire Crested Tit.

Kitching, Harry ( - ) Kirby-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire.

Bird Notes Picked up the 1940 Yorkshire Caspian Tern.

Kleinwort, Miss M. L. ( - )

Bird Notes Saw the rejected 1915 Sussex White-winged Lark.

Knapp, H. ( - )

Bird Notes Shot and owned the 1909 Avon Red-breasted Goose.

Knapping, C. D. ( - )

Bird Notes Shot the c.1832 Essex White-tailed Eagle.

Knaster, R. M. J. ( - )

Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1943 Kent Red-breasted Flycatcher.

Knigh, Frederick ( - ) Somerset.

Bird Notes Owned the 1876 Somerset Snowy Owl.

Knight ( - ) Sussex.

Bird Notes Shot the 1883 Sussex American Bittern.

Knight ( - ) Norwich, Norfolk.

Bird Notes Preserved the 1848 Norfolk Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Preserved the 1849 Norfolk Little Bittern. Preserved the 1851 Norfolk Caspian Tern. Preserved the 1860 Norfolk Norton Little Bustard. Re-stuffed the 1867 Norfolk Rose-coloured Starling.

Knight, Eric ( - ) Hopton, Suffolk.

Bird Notes Shot the 1913 Norfolk Ferruginous Duck.

Knight, Valentine ( - ) Ford, Northumberland; Folkestone, Kent.

Bird Notes Owned the 1871 Northumberland Great Bustard. Recorded and saw the 1876 Borders Great Snipe. Recorded and owned the 1877 Northumberland Great Snipe.

Biography Bolam (1912) says: 'Brother of Mr. Gregson, of Lowlynn. Younger son of a late Rector of Ford, Northumberland, whose select collection of mostly local birds was some years ago acquired for the Berwick Museum.'

Knightley, Rainald ( - ) Fawsley, Northamptonshire.

Bird Notes Saw and reported the 1886 Northamptonshire Night Heron.

Knights, H. C. ( - ) Norfolk.

Bird Notes Bought the 1890 Norfolk Caspian Plover.

Knights, J. E. ( - ) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1906 Norfolk Common Crane.

Biography Worked as Lowne's assistant in 1895 at least and in 1922 had his own business.

Knox, Arthur Edward (28/12/1808 - 23/09/1886) St Anne's Hill, Midhurst; New Grove, Petworth, Sussex.

Bird Notes Recorded the 1842 Sussex Little Bittern. Examined the 1844 Sussex Nutcracker. Recorded and examined the 1848 Sussex White-tailed Eagle. Recorded the 1859 Sussex Black-winged Stilt.

Biography Brother of Lieut. Col. Knox. One of the original twenty members of the B.O.U.

Obituary Field 9th Oct., 1886: 517-518; Ibis 1887: 126-128; Zoologist 1886: 453-456.