(1889–1943) H. H. Godwin-Austen (1834–1923) Col. W. H. Sykes(1790–1872) C. M. Inglis (1870–1954) Frank Ludlow (1885–1972) E. C. Stuart Baker (1864–1944) Henry Edwin Barnes (1848–1896) F. N. Betts (1906–1973) H. R. Baker W. E. Brooks (1828–1899) Margaret Cockburn (1829–1928) James A. Murray E. W. Oates (1845–1911) Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874) Valentine Ball (1843–1894) W. T. Blanford (1832–1905) J. K. Stanford (1892–1971) Charles Swinhoe (1836–1923) Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877) C. H. T. Marshall (1841–1927) G. F. L. Marshall (1843–1934) R. S. P. Bates James Franklin (1783–1834) Satya Churn Law Arthur Edward Osmaston (1885–1961) Bertram Beresford Osmaston (1868–1961) Wardlaw Ramsay (1852–1921) Samuel Tickell (1811–1875). Several comprehensive works were written by Jerdon, Hume, Marshall and E. C. S. Baker. Popular works were also written by Frank Finn, Douglas Dewar and Hugh Whistler. Those who joined the Indian Civil Services in later years had access to these works and this period was mostly dominated by their short notes in journals published by organisations such as the BNHS, Asiatic Society and the BOU. Mammals Like the birds, the study of mammals was largely driven by hunters and for a while it was largely restricted to trophy hunting. It was perhaps when R. C. Wroughton, a forest officer who began a concerted study of the small mammals of India through the network of members of the Bombay Natural History Society, that mammalogy in India began in real earnest. He was initially interested in Hymenoptera, especially ants and later scorpions. His interest in scorpions led him to R. I. Pocock. At the time, Pocock was in charge of the Arachnida although he was interested in mammals. Attempts to start a large scale collection effort did not take off. In 1904 Captain Glen Liston of the Indian Medical Service read a paper on Plague, Rats and Fleas in which he noted the lack of information on rodents. Another paper by Dr Hossack of the plague department appeared. This interest in plague suddenly enabled the BNHS to raise funds for collection of small mammals. While hunters sent in many specimens for identification, there were a few who studied the habits of species in the wild. A major study of the rodents and bats was conducted by George Edward Dobson (1848–1895) a medical doctor by profession. Other notable mammalologists included Richard Lydekker (1849–1915), Robert Armitage Sterndale, Stanley Henry Prater (1890–1960) and Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800–1894). Richard Lydekker worked with the Geological survey