Josef Graf von Seilern und Aspang (25 November 1883,

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Castle – 18 August 1939,

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) was an

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ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

and

oologist Oology (or oölogy) is a branch of ornithology studying bird eggs, nests and breeding behaviour. The word is derived from the Greek ''oion'', meaning egg. Oology can also refer to the hobby of collecting wild birds' eggs, sometimes called egg c ...

. Seilern was primarily interested in the

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avifauna. His collections are held by

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Works

Partial list * Hellmayr, C.E., and J. von Seilern. 1912. Beiträge zur Ornithologie von Venezuela. ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte'' 78A: 34–166.

References

*Obituary on C. E. Hellmayr in: ''

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*Mlíkovský J. & Sutorová H., 2009: Type specimens of birds in the collections of the Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic. ''Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae'' 94: 117–12
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