Count Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi (13 October 1867 – 16 February 1942), was an Italian

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. In 1896 he was elected a member of the

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. Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi was also a "

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" correspondent. In 1911 he founded the ''Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia,'' (RIO) a scientific journal on ornithology, together with Filippo Cavazza (1886–1953), Francesco Chigi (1881–1953),

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(1875–1970), Giacinto Martorelli (1855–1917) and

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(1835–1923). The journal still exists today. The contents of volume 1-5 (1911-1920) ar
online available
at BHL.

Publications

In 1898 his first article in an English journal was published: 'Notes on some specimens of Anatidae in the late Count Ninni's collection,' in ''

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''. In 1926 following the introduction of a national

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law in for Italy in 1923 Oddi wrote a report on bird protection. He is best known as the author of ''Ornitologia Italiana, con 586 figure intercalate nel testo e 36 tavole colorate''. Ulrico Hoepli editore libraio della real casa. Milano. 1929. pp. i-cli•-1-1046,pll. I-XXXVI. 1200 pages giving accounts of the 518 bird

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and

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then recorded in Italy. The

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was up to date and vernacular names in Italian, French, German and English are provided for each species. A large number of local names was added for the common birds. There is a detailed and differential description of each species, and notes on distribution, breeding, eggs, habitat, song, and food. There are diagnoses of

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and a bibliography of nearly 1000 titles (articles and books on Italian ornithology; general accounts of the structure of birds,

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, song, eggs, nidification and taxonomy. There is also a systematic list, a list of species erroneously recorded species and a table of migration dates. The 500 text figures illustrate morphological detail and the 36 coloured plates depict most of the Italian species. Partial bibliography *1885 – ''Catalogo della raccolta ornitologica Arrigoni Degli Oddi''. Stabilimento Prosperini, Padova, 33 pp. *1886 – Interessanti osservazioni ornitologiche. ''Boll. del Naturalista'', 6 (11): 146. *1886 – Osservazioni sul Germano reale. ''Boll. del Naturalista'', 6 (11): 146-147. *1887 – Passo straordinario di uccelli. ''Boll. del Naturalista'', 7 (4): 60-61. *1889 – Notizie su alcune catture di uccelli nel 1888. ''Riv. ital. di Sc. Nat. e Boll. del Naturalista'', 9 (8-9): 1-4 (estratto). *1892 – La Branta leucopsis nel Veneto. ''Atti Soc. ital. Sc. Nat.'', 34 (1): 177-181. *1893 – Un ibrido naturale di Anas boscas, Linnaeus e Mareca penelope (Linnaeus) preso nel Veneto. ''Atti della Società Veneto - Trentina di Scienze Naturali'' ser. II 1(2): 1-12 (estratto). *1894 – Note ornitologiche.- ''Boll. del Naturalista'', 14: 1-2 (estratto). *1896 – Le ultime apparizioni dell'Actochelidon sandvicensis (Latham) nel Veneziano. ''Atti Soc. ital. Sci. Nat.'', 36: 1-16 (estratto). *1896 – Note ornitologiche. ''Boll. del Naturalista'', 16: 1-3 (estratto). *1897 – Note ornitologiche per l'anno 1895. ''Atti della Soc. ital. di Scienze Naturali'', 36: 1-8 (estratto) *1897 – La recente cattura di un Fenicottero nel Veneziano. ''Atti della Società italiana di Scienze Naturali'', 36: 1-3 (estratto) *1898 – Le recenti comparse del Puffinus kuhli (Boie) nel veneziano. ''Atti Soc. ital. Sci. Nat.'', 37: 1-5 (estratto). * *1899 Elenco degli Uccelli rari o piti difficili ad aversi conservati nella sua Collezione Ornitologica Italiana al 31 Dicembre, 1898. Pel Prof. Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi. ''Ornis'',ix. p. 199. 500 specimens - 179 species enumerated *1900 – Il Budytes citreulus (Pallas) in Italia. ''Avicula'', 4(31-32): 1-2 (estratto). *1900 – On the occurrence of Nordmann's Pratincole (Glareola melanoptera) in Italy.''The Ibis'' (gennaio 1900): 60–62. * * *1908 – Le comparse del Pastor roseus nel Veneto nella primavera del 1908. ''Avicula'', 12: 57–58. *1911 – Il passo nelle valli dell' Estuario Veneto. ''Riv. ital. Orn.'', 1: 166–169. *1912 – with Damiani G. Note sopra una raccolta di Uccelli dell'Arcipelago Toscano. ''Riv. ital. Orn.'' 1 (I s.): 241–261. *1913 – L'Oca collo rosso nel Veneziano. ''Riv. ital. Orn.'', 2: 119. *1913 – Comparsa di Edredoni. ''Riv. ital. Orn.'', 2: 119. *1914 – Notizie sulle recenti comparse del Beccofrusone (Ampelis garrulus L.). ''Riv. ital. Orn.,'' 3: 64–70. *1914 – Sul passo degli uccelli nell'autunno 1913.'' Riv. ital. Orn.'', 3: 71–79. *1914 – Gabbiani inanellati. ''Riv. ital. Orn.'', 3: 85. *1919 – Note ornitologiche (1917–18). ''Riv. ital. Orn.'', 5: 120–123. *1924 – Nota sopra un ibrido di Quattr'occhi e di Pesciaiola ucciso nel Veneto. ''Riv. ital. Orn.'', 6: 33–34. *1925 – Notizie sulla recente comparsa di Beccofrusoni (Ampelis garrulus). ''Riv. ital. Orn.'', 7: 22–23. *Review by W.S. of Arrigoni Degli Oddi's 'Italian Ornithology' in ''

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'', vol. 46, no. 2 (April, 1929), p. 253
doi:10.2307/4075745
. See also the review in ''

'' (volume 71, issue 2, April 1929, p. 355f
doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1929.tb08763.x
. *1931 – Sopra una Cincia ibrida trovata in Italia. ''Riv. ital. Orn.'', 1: 1–4. *1931 – Sopra gli Uccelli "Inanellati". ''Riv. ital. Orn''., 1: 18–30. *1931 – Notizie ed elenco delle catture di uccelli rari o interessanti avvenute in Italia dopo la pubblicazione della mia "Ornitologia Italiana" (1929) o non registrate nella stessa. ''Riv. ital. Orn.'', 1: 66–73.

Collections

Oddi's collection and library are in

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in Rome where a public gallery is devoted to part his bird collectio

Other

Oddi was on the Executive Committee of the

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in 1930.

References

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