Conte Arrigoni degli Oddi

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Conte Arrigoni degli Oddi (1867-1942),was an Italian ornithologist.

[edit] Publications

In 1926 following the introduction of a national game law in for Italy in 1923 Oddi wrote a report on bird protection.He is best known as the author of Ornitologia Italiana Ornitologia Italiana, con 586 figure intercalate nel testo e 36 tavole colorate. Ulrico Hoepli editore libraio della real casa. Milano. 1929. pp. i-cli•-1-1046,pll. I-XXXVI. 1200 pages giving accounts of the 518 bird species and subspecies then recorded in Italy. The scientific nomenclature was up to date and vernacular names in Italian, French, German and English are provided for each species.A large number of local names was added for the common birds. There is a detailed and differential description.of each species, and notes on distribution, breeding, eggs, habitat, song, and food. There are diagnoses of genera and a bibliography of nearly 1000 titles (articles and books on Italian ornithology; general accounts of the structure of birds, bird migration, song, eggs, nidification and taxonomy.There is also a systematic list ,a list of species erroneously recorded species and a table of migration dates. The 500 text figures illustrate morphological detail and the 36 coloured plates depict most of the Italian species.

[edit] Collections

Oddi’s collection and library are in Museo Civico di Zoologia in Rome where a public gallery is devoted to part his bird collection [1]

[edit] Other

Oddi was on the Executive Committee of the International Ornithological Congress in Amsterdam in 1930.