Maximilian Kuschel (1851–1909, Breslau) was a German

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 ...

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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 ...

. Kuschel was sometime a police official (Polizeirat a. D. Polizei-Praesidium) in Guhrau and Breslau. He was a Member of Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft. An accepted authority on eggs Kuschel owned a large collection now in the

State Museum of Zoology, Dresden The State Museum of Zoology (german: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde) in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000–50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war d ...

. He was a Tring correspondent.

Works

*Kuschel, M., 1895 Zur Oologie Javas. ''Ornithologische Monatsberichte,'' III 153–156. *Kuschel, M., 1895 Abrifs einer Beschreibung von Vogeleiern der äthiopischen Ornis. Kuschel, M. ''Journal für Ornithologie'' vol. 43 p. 80 - 98 and 321 - 354 *Kuschel, M., 1897 Ûber die Fortpflanzung von Cassidix oryzivora Scl. ''Journal für Ornithologie''. 45: 168-170

References

*Glegg, W. E., 1951: On seven eggs attributed to the Labrador Duck ''Camptorhynchus labradorius''. ''

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German ornithologists Scientists from the Kingdom of Prussia 1851 births 1909 deaths {{ornithologist-stub