Jourdain Society

Jourdain Society

The Jourdain Society is a United Kingdom based society, founded by and for oologists, or egg-collectors, its aims being ‘for the advancement of the science of oology’. Originally the British Oological Association, it changed its name in 1946, in memory of distinguished ornithologist and oologist Francis Jourdain (1865-1940).

External links

* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,931147,00.html Egg poachers at large: The Guardian, Monday April 7, 2003]
* [http://environment.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,,1969260,00.html The egg snatchers: The Guardian, Monday December 11, 2006]


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