Herbert Hastings Harington (16 January 1868 – 8 March 1916) was a British Indian Army officer and ornithologist who worked in Burma and wrote on the birds of the region. Harington was born in Lucknow to Herbert Harington of the Oudh Commission. He studied at Malvern, and joined the Welsh Regiment in 1888. In 1890 he joined the

Indian Staff Corps The Indian Staff Corps was a branch of the Indian Army during the British Raj. Separate Staff Corps were formed in 1861 for the Bengal, Madras and Bombay Armies, which were later combined into the Indian Army. They were meant to provide officers f ...

and the 62nd Punjabis. Harington married Dorothy, daughter of Walter Pepys, in 1909. The couple had a son and two daughters, including Sir Charles Harington (1910–2007). He died in action in Mesopotamia on 8 March 1916. Harington documented many new subspecies of birds, some of which were named after him; these include ''Anas poecilorhycnha haringtoni'' (originally described as ''Polionetta haringtoni'' by Eugene Oates.) and ''Garrulus glandarius haringtoni''.

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The Birds of Burma
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harington, Herbert Hastings 1868 births Military personnel from Lucknow 1916 deaths British ornithologists Indian Army personnel killed in World War I Welch Regiment officers British Indian Army officers Military personnel of British India