Author:William Ruskin Butterfield

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William Ruskin Butterfield
(1872–1935)

Works

• Butterfield, William Ruskin (1905). "Remarks upon some Theories in regard to the Migration of Birds". Novitates zoologicae 12: 15–20.  (external scan)

see also: J.A.A. (July 1905). "Butterfield on Migration". The Auk 22 (3): 325–328.  (JSTOR)

• — (1906). A plea for the further recognition of subspecies in ornithology. London. 
• — (1908). A list of books relating to British birds, published before the year 1815, from the library of W.H. Mullens. Occasional publication of the Hastings and St. Leonards Natural History Society. Hastings: F.J. Parsons. 
• — (1910). Notes on Sussex pottery: With catalogue of examples exhibited at the Hastings Museum, during May, June, and July, 1910. Hastings: Hastings Corporation Museum. 
• — (1911). A handbook to the collections contained in the Corporation Museum, Hastings. Hastings: F.J. Parsons. 
• — with Davenport, Cyril (1913). Catalogue of an exhibition of British needlework from the 16th century onward: Held at the Hastings Museum from 24th October to 29th November 1913. Hastings: F.J. Parsons. 
• — (c. 1935). History of the St. Clement's Caves, Hastings. Hasting. 

Contributions to The Auk

• Butterfield, William Ruskin (1 April 1901). "Occurrence of Baird's Sandpiper in Sussex". The Auk 18 (2): 190.  (in section 'General Notes')

Contributions to The Zoologist

4th series, vol 1 (1897)

• Butterfield, William Ruskin (1897). "The Serotine near Hastings". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 669, March—section 'Notes and Queries', paragraph 'Mammalia / Chiroptera'): 141. 
• —— (1897). "Bank Vole in Jersey". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 669, March—section 'Notes and Queries', paragraph 'Mammalia / Rodentia'): 141. 
• —— (1897). "Swallow-tailed Kite in Suffolk". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 672, June—section 'Notes and Queries'): 270–271. 
• —— (1897). "Occurrence of the Black-headed Bunting in Sussex". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 672, June—section 'Notes and Queries'): 273–274. 
• —— (1897). "The seasonal changes in the Common Squirrel". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 675, September—section 'Notes and Queries'): 424–425. 
• —— (1897). "Hypolais polyglotta in Sussex". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 677, November—section 'Notes and Queries'): 513. 

4th series, vol 2 (1898)

• —— (1898). "Note on the Petrel, Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt)". The Zoologist. 4 2 (issue 685, July—section 'Notes and Queries'): 320–321. 

4th series, vol 3 (1899)

• —— (1899). "The Serotine (Vespertilio serotinus) near Hastings". The Zoologist. 4 3 (issue 696, June—section 'Notes and Queries'): 266–267. 

4th series, vol 4 (1900)

• —— (1900). "Occurrence of the Melodious Warbler in Sussex". The Zoologist. 4 4 (issue 713, November—section 'Notes and Queries'): 518. 
• —— (1900). "Great Skua (Megalestris catarrhactes) in Kent". The Zoologist. 4 4 (issue 713, November—section 'Notes and Queries'): 521. 

4th series, vol 5 (1901)

• —— (1900). "Occurrence of the Willow-Tit in Sussex". The Zoologist. 4 5 (issue 715, January—section 'Notes and Queries'): 29–30. 
• —— (1900). "Breeding of the Blue-headed Wagtail in Sussex". The Zoologist. 4 5 (issue 724, October—section 'Notes and Queries'): 389. 
• —— (1900). "Occurrence of the Broadbilled Sandpiper in Sussex". The Zoologist. 4 5 (issue 724, October—section 'Notes and Queries'): 390. 

4th series, vol 6 (1902)

• —— (1900). "Motacilla beema in Sussex". The Zoologist. 4 6 (issue 732, June—section 'Notes and Queries'): 232. 

Works about Butterfield

• T.S.D. (1935-06-15) — 'Mr. W.R. Butterfield,' in: Nature 135, p. 985
• Bate, David G. (ed.) (2014) — An annotated select bibliography of the Piltdown forgery. British Geological Survey Open Report. (p. 21)
• Nicholson, E.M.; Ferguson-Lees, I.J. (August 1962). "The Hastings Rarities". British Birds 55 (8): 299–384.  (about his involment with the "Hastings Rarities")
• Nelder, J.A. (August 1962). "A Statistical Examination of The Hastings Rarities". British Birds 55 (8): 283–298.  (id.)