Charles M. Inglis

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Charles McFarlane Inglis FEZ, FZS (1870-1954) was a naturalist and curator of the Darjeeling museum in India from 1926 to 1948. The museum was run by the Bengal Natural History Society and many of his writings were published in that society's journal which he started and edited.

He was born in Elgin, Scotland and went to India at the age of 18. He became a planter and during this time made studies of the birds, butterflies and dragonflies.

[edit] Publications

  • Baker, H. R. & C. M. Inglis. The Birds of Southern India including Madras, Malabar, Travancore, Cochin, Coorg and Mysore. Government Press, Madras (1930)
  • Fletcher, T. B. and C. M. Inglis Birds of an Indian Garden. Calcutta & Simla: Thacker, Spink & Co. (1924)
  • Inglis C. M. The leaf insect – Phyllium scythe Gr. - J. Darjeeling Nat Hist. Soc. 5 : 32-33 (1930)

[edit] References

  • Obituary. 1954 Journal of th.e Bengal Natural History Society 24:1-8 (ISSN 0409-0756)
  • Warr, F. E. 1996. Manuscripts and Drawings in the ornithology and Rothschild libraries of The Natural History Museum at Tring. BOC.
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