The ''Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club'' is an
ornithological journal
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published by the
British Ornithologists' Club (BOC). It is
cited as ''Bull. B. O. C.''
Many descriptions of
bird
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new to science have been published in the bulletin.
The journal was first published in 1892. It is published in four quarterly issues. from March 2017 (Vol. 137 No. 1), it became an online-only,
open access
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, journal, giving as the reasons for the change:
Since 2004, the journal's honorary editor has been
Guy Kirwan
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List of editors
List of Bulletin Editors with dates of tenure
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* Richard Bowdler Sharpe
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1892–1904
* W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 1904–1914
* David Armitage Bannerman 1914–1915
* D. Seth-Smith 1915–1920
* Percy R. Lowe 1920–1925
* Norman B. Kinnear 1925–1930
* G. Carmichael Low 1930–1935 and 1940–1945
* C. H. B. Grant Captain Claude Henry Baxter Grant (24 December 1878 – 9 January 1958) was an English ornithologist and military officer who collected birds in Africa and later worked at the bird room of the Natural History Museum, London, British Museum of Natura ...
1935–1940 and 1947–1952
* W. P. C. Tenison 1945–1947
* J. G. Harrison 1952–1961
* J.J. Yealland 1962–1969
* C.W. Benson 1969–1974
* Hugh Elliott 1974–1975
* J.F. Monk 1976–1990
* D.W. Snow 1991–1997
* C.J. Feare 1997–2003
* G.M. Kirwan 2004–
See also
*List of ornithology journals
The following is a list of notable journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology. The continent and country columns give the location where the journal or magazine is published and may not correspond with its scope or content.
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References
External links
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Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
'' volumes 1–136 (1892–2016) in Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology
1892 establishments in the United Kingdom
Publications established in 1892
Ornithology in the United Kingdom
Open access journals
Online-only journals
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