Biswas studied biology in his college instead of geology as his father wished. He graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1943 and received an MSc in 1945. He received a Ph.D. in 1952 from the University of Calcutta working under J.L. Bhaduri. He was part of the Daily Mail expedition sent to look for the Yeti around Mount Everest in 1954. He was elected Corresponding Fellow of The American Ornithologists' Union in 1963. He later took charge of the Bird and Mammal Section of the Zoological Survey of India. He won Chapman Grants from the American Ornithologists' Union in 1965, 1966 and 1970, for research at the British Museum. Later, he was joint director of the ZSI, until he retired in 1981, and then emeritus scientist until 1986.[1]
Some of his landmark works were on the birds of Nepal and Bhutan.[1][2]
A flying squirrel species Biswamoyopterus biswasi is named in his honour.[1]
Publicationsedit
Biswas, B. (1947): Notes on a collection of birds from the Darrang District, Assam. Records of the Indian Museum 45: 225–244.
Biswas, B. (1947): On a collection of birds from Rajputana. Records of the Indian Museum 45: 245–265.
Biswas, B. (1950): On the taxonomy of some Asiatic Pygmy Woodpeckers. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Bengal 3(1): 1-37.
Biswas, B. (1950): The Himalayan races of the Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linne.) [Aves]. Journal of the Zoological Society of India 2(1): 26.
Biswas, B. (1950): The generic limits of Treron Vieillot. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 70(5): 34.
Biswas, B. (1951): Revisions of Indian birds. American Museum Novitates 1500: 1–12.
Biswas, B. (1951): Notes on the taxonomic status of the Indian Plaintive Cuckoo Cuculus passerinus Vahl. Ibis 93(4): 596–598.
Biswas, B. (1951): On some Larger Spine-tailed Swifts, with the description of a new subspecies (Chaetura cochinensis rupchandi) from Nepal. Ardea 39(4): 318–321.
Biswas, B. (1952): Geographical variation in the woodpecker Picus flavinucha Gould. Ibis 94(2): 210–219.
Biswas, B. (1953): Fauna of the Balangir District (formerly Patna State), Orissa. II. Birds. Records of the Indian Museum 51: 416–419.
Biswas, B. (1954): Fauna of the Balangir District (formerly Patna State) Orissa. Birds. Records of the Indian Museum 51: 416–419.
Biswas, B. (1954): A checklist of genera of Indian birds. Additions and corrections. Records of the Indian Museum 54: 101-106a.
Biswas, B. (1954): Review: The Birds of Travancore & Cochin. By Salim Ali, with 22 plates (16 in colour by D.V. Cowen). Pp. xx+668. (Oxford University Press) Bombay, 1953. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52(2&3): 573–575.
Biswas, B. (1955): Review: The Book of Indian Birds. By Salim Ali. 5th (Revised) edition. Pp. xlvi + 142, (71⁄4" × 43⁄4") 78 plates (56 in colour by D.V. Cowen), 3 diagrams and 2 end paper maps. Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, 1955. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53(1): 117–118.
Biswas, B. (1955): Zoological results of the Daily Mail Himalayas Expedition 1954. Two new birds from Khumba, Eastern Nepal. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 75(7): 87–88.
Biswas, B. (1958): Taxonomic status of the Blood Pheasants of Nepal and Sikkim. Journal of the Zoological Society of India 10(1): 100–101.
Biswas, B. (1959): A note on the correct zoological name of the Indian Little Green Heron (Aves, Ardeidae). Current Science 28: 288.
Biswas, B. (1960): A new name for the Himalayan Red-winged Babbler, Pteruthius. Bulletin of the British Ornithological Union 80(6): 106.
Biswas, B. (1961): Proposal to designate a neotype for Corvus benghalensis Linnaeus, 1758 (Aves), under the plenary powers Z.N. (S) 1465. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18(3): 217–219.
Biswas, B. (1962): The birds of Nepal. Part 8. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59(3): 807–821.
Biswas, B. (1962): Further notes on the Shrikes Lanius tephronotus and Lanius schach. Ibis 104(1): 112–115.
Biswas, B. (1962): Review: A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan. By Sidney Dillon Ripley II. pp. xxxvi+703 (23×15.5 cm.). Bombay, 1961. Bombay Natural History Society. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59(1): 276–278.
Biswas, B. (1973): Report of the Indian national section. Bulletin of the International Council for Bird Preservation 11: 238–239.
Biswas, B. (1983): Additional notes on birds recorded on 1954 'Daily Mail' Himalayan Expedition. Unpublished.
Biswas, B. (?): Comments on Ripley's A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Part 2. Unpublished manuscript.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1950): On the Shrike Lanius tephronotus (Vigors), with remarks on the erythronotus and tricolor groups of Lanius schach Linne, and their hybrids. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49(3): 444–455.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1951): A new race of the Ground-Thrush Turdus citrinus (Aves: Turdidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49(4): 661–662.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1952): A checklist of genera of Indian birds. Records of the Indian Museum 50(1): 1-62.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1956): A Large Indian Kite Milvus migrans lineatus (Gray) with a split bill. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53(3): 474–475.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1959): On the validity of Harpactes erythrocephalus hodgsoni (Gould) [Aves: Trogonidae]. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56(2): 335–338.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1959): On the Parakeet, Psittacula intermedia (Rothschild) [Aves: Psittacidae]. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56(3): 558–562.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1960): The birds of Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 57(2): 278–308.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1960): The birds of Nepal. Part 2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 57(3): 516–546.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1961): The birds of Nepal. Part 3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 58(1): 100–134.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1961): The birds of Nepal. Part 4. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 58(2): 441–474.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1961): The birds of Nepal. Part 5. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 58(3): 653–677.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1962): The birds of Nepal. Part 6. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59(1): 200–227.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1962): The birds of Nepal. Part 7. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59(2): 405–429.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1963): The birds of Nepal. Part 9. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 60(1): 173–200.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1963): The birds of Nepal. Part 10. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 60(2): 388–399.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1963): The birds of Nepal. Part 11. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 60(3): 638–654.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1963): Review: Comments on Ripley's "A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 60(3): 679–689.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1966): The birds of Nepal. Part 12. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63(2): 365–377.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1968): The female of Molesworth's Tragopan Tragopan blythi molesworthi (Baker). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 65(1): 216–217.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1968): Some new bird records for Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 65(3): 782–784.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1969): Review: Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, Vol. 1. By Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley. pp. lviii+380 (16.7 × 24.7 cm.). 18 coloured plates. Bombay, 1968. Oxford University Press. Price Rs. 90. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 66(1): 152–154.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1969): Review: Birds of Kerala (second edition of The Birds of Travancore and Cochin). By Salim Ali. pp. xxiii+444 (16.5 × 24 cm.) + 22 plates (16 in colour by D.V. Cowen) + many pen-and-ink sketches+end-paper maps. Bombay, 1969. Oxford University Press. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 66(2): 372–373.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1972): Review: Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Vol. 6. By Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley. pp. xvi+245 (24×16 cm) with 8 coloured plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Bombay, 1971. Oxford University Press. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 69(2): 400–401.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1974): Zoological results of the Daily Mail Himalayan Expedition 1954: Notes on some birds of Eastern Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 71(3): 456–495.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1978): Review: Field Guide to the Birds of the Eastern Himalayas. By Salim Ali. pp. xvi+263 (11.8×18 cm). With 37 coloured plates. Delhi, 1977. Oxford University Press. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75(3): 915–916.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1985): Review: Comments on Ripley's "A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan" - Second Edition (1982). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 82(1): 126–129.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1986): Review: A Pictorial Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. By Salim Ali & S. Dillon Ripley. Pp. 117+106 plates (73 in colour, 33 monochrome), (18.5 cm × 24.7 cm) with plates by John Henry Dick. New Delhi, 1983. Bombay Natural History Society & Oxford University Press. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 83(2): 412–414.
Biswas, Biswamoy (1989): Taxonomic status of Psittacula intermedia (Rothschild). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 86(3): 448.
Referencesedit
^ abcdeMayr, E. (2000) "In Memoriam: Biswamoy Biswas, 1923–1994." The Auk 117(4):1030 PDF
^Das, P.K. (1992). "Obituary. Biswamoy Biswas". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 92: 398–402.
biswamoy, biswas, june, 1923, august, 1994, indian, ornithologist, born, calcutta, professor, geology, 1947, awarded, three, year, fellowship, sunderlal, hora, then, director, zoological, survey, india, enabled, study, british, museum, berlin, zoological, muse. Biswamoy Biswas 2 June 1923 10 August 1994 was an Indian ornithologist who was born in Calcutta the son of a professor of geology 1 In 1947 he was awarded a three year fellowship by Sunderlal Hora then director of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI It enabled him to study at the British Museum at the Berlin Zoological Museum under Erwin Stresemann and also at the American Museum of Natural History under Ernst Mayr 1 Biswamoy BiswasBiswas examining the Pangboche scalp purported to be from a Yeti during the Daily Mail Snowman Expedition of 1954Born 1923 06 02 2 June 1923Calcutta IndiaDied10 August 1994 1994 08 10 aged 71 EducationUniversity of Calcutta MSc 1945 Ph D 1952 British Museum Berlin Zoological Museum American Museum of Natural HistoryKnown forWork on the birds of Nepal and BhutanAwardsCorresponding Fellow of The American Ornithologists UnionScientific careerInstitutionsZoological Survey of India Calcutta Joint director PatronsSunderlal HoraAuthor abbrev zoology BiswasBiswas studied biology in his college instead of geology as his father wished He graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1943 and received an MSc in 1945 He received a Ph D in 1952 from the University of Calcutta working under J L Bhaduri He was part of the Daily Mail expedition sent to look for the Yeti around Mount Everest in 1954 He was elected Corresponding Fellow of The American Ornithologists Union in 1963 He later took charge of the Bird and Mammal Section of the Zoological Survey of India He won Chapman Grants from the American Ornithologists Union in 1965 1966 and 1970 for research at the British Museum Later he was joint director of the ZSI until he retired in 1981 and then emeritus scientist until 1986 1 Some of his landmark works were on the birds of Nepal and Bhutan 1 2 A flying squirrel species Biswamoyopterus biswasi is named in his honour 1 Publications editBiswas B 1947 Notes on a collection of birds from the Darrang District Assam Records of the Indian Museum 45 225 244 Biswas B 1947 On a collection of birds from Rajputana Records of the Indian Museum 45 245 265 Biswas B 1950 On the taxonomy of some Asiatic Pygmy Woodpeckers Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Bengal 3 1 1 37 Biswas B 1950 The Himalayan races of the Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Linne Aves Journal of the Zoological Society of India 2 1 26 Biswas B 1950 The generic limits of Treron Vieillot Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 70 5 34 Biswas B 1951 Revisions of Indian birds American Museum Novitates 1500 1 12 Biswas B 1951 Notes on the taxonomic status of the Indian Plaintive Cuckoo Cuculus passerinus Vahl Ibis 93 4 596 598 Biswas B 1951 On some Larger Spine tailed Swifts with the description of a new subspecies Chaetura cochinensis rupchandi from Nepal Ardea 39 4 318 321 Biswas B 1952 Geographical variation in the woodpecker Picus flavinucha Gould Ibis 94 2 210 219 Biswas B 1953 Fauna of the Balangir District formerly Patna State Orissa II Birds Records of the Indian Museum 51 416 419 Biswas B 1954 Fauna of the Balangir District formerly Patna State Orissa Birds Records of the Indian Museum 51 416 419 Biswas B 1954 A checklist of genera of Indian birds Additions and corrections Records of the Indian Museum 54 101 106a Biswas B 1954 Review The Birds of Travancore amp Cochin By Salim Ali with 22 plates 16 in colour by D V Cowen Pp xx 668 Oxford University Press Bombay 1953 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52 2 amp 3 573 575 Biswas B 1955 Review The Book of Indian Birds By Salim Ali 5th Revised edition Pp xlvi 142 71 4 43 4 78 plates 56 in colour by D V Cowen 3 diagrams and 2 end paper maps Bombay Natural History Society Bombay 1955 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 1 117 118 Biswas B 1955 Zoological results of the Daily Mail Himalayas Expedition 1954 Two new birds from Khumba Eastern Nepal Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 75 7 87 88 Biswas B 1958 Taxonomic status of the Blood Pheasants of Nepal and Sikkim Journal of the Zoological Society of India 10 1 100 101 Biswas B 1959 A note on the correct zoological name of the Indian Little Green Heron Aves Ardeidae Current Science 28 288 Biswas B 1960 A new name for the Himalayan Red winged Babbler Pteruthius Bulletin of the British Ornithological Union 80 6 106 Biswas B 1961 Proposal to designate a neotype for Corvus benghalensis Linnaeus 1758 Aves under the plenary powers Z N S 1465 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18 3 217 219 Biswas B 1962 The birds of Nepal Part 8 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59 3 807 821 Biswas B 1962 Further notes on the Shrikes Lanius tephronotus and Lanius schach Ibis 104 1 112 115 Biswas B 1962 Review A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan By Sidney Dillon Ripley II pp xxxvi 703 23 15 5 cm Bombay 1961 Bombay Natural History Society Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59 1 276 278 Biswas B 1973 Report of the Indian national section Bulletin of the International Council for Bird Preservation 11 238 239 Biswas B 1983 Additional notes on birds recorded on 1954 Daily Mail Himalayan Expedition Unpublished Biswas B Comments on Ripley s A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan Part 2 Unpublished manuscript Biswas Biswamoy 1950 On the Shrike Lanius tephronotus Vigors with remarks on the erythronotus and tricolor groups of Lanius schach Linne and their hybrids Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49 3 444 455 Biswas Biswamoy 1951 A new race of the Ground Thrush Turdus citrinus Aves Turdidae Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 49 4 661 662 Biswas Biswamoy 1952 A checklist of genera of Indian birds Records of the Indian Museum 50 1 1 62 Biswas Biswamoy 1956 A Large Indian Kite Milvus migrans lineatus Gray with a split bill Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 53 3 474 475 Biswas Biswamoy 1959 On the validity of Harpactes erythrocephalus hodgsoni Gould Aves Trogonidae Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 2 335 338 Biswas Biswamoy 1959 On the Parakeet Psittacula intermedia Rothschild Aves Psittacidae Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 3 558 562 Biswas Biswamoy 1960 The birds of Nepal Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 57 2 278 308 Biswas Biswamoy 1960 The birds of Nepal Part 2 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 57 3 516 546 Biswas Biswamoy 1961 The birds of Nepal Part 3 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 58 1 100 134 Biswas Biswamoy 1961 The birds of Nepal Part 4 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 58 2 441 474 Biswas Biswamoy 1961 The birds of Nepal Part 5 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 58 3 653 677 Biswas Biswamoy 1962 The birds of Nepal Part 6 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59 1 200 227 Biswas Biswamoy 1962 The birds of Nepal Part 7 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59 2 405 429 Biswas Biswamoy 1963 The birds of Nepal Part 9 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 60 1 173 200 Biswas Biswamoy 1963 The birds of Nepal Part 10 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 60 2 388 399 Biswas Biswamoy 1963 The birds of Nepal Part 11 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 60 3 638 654 Biswas Biswamoy 1963 Review Comments on Ripley s A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 60 3 679 689 Biswas Biswamoy 1966 The birds of Nepal Part 12 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 2 365 377 Biswas Biswamoy 1968 The female of Molesworth s Tragopan Tragopan blythi molesworthi Baker Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 65 1 216 217 Biswas Biswamoy 1968 Some new bird records for Nepal Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 65 3 782 784 Biswas Biswamoy 1969 Review Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan Vol 1 By Salim Ali and S Dillon Ripley pp lviii 380 16 7 24 7 cm 18 coloured plates Bombay 1968 Oxford University Press Price Rs 90 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 66 1 152 154 Biswas Biswamoy 1969 Review Birds of Kerala second edition of The Birds of Travancore and Cochin By Salim Ali pp xxiii 444 16 5 24 cm 22 plates 16 in colour by D V Cowen many pen and ink sketches end paper maps Bombay 1969 Oxford University Press Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 66 2 372 373 Biswas Biswamoy 1972 Review Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan Vol 6 By Salim Ali and S Dillon Ripley pp xvi 245 24 16 cm with 8 coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations Bombay 1971 Oxford University Press Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 69 2 400 401 Biswas Biswamoy 1974 Zoological results of the Daily Mail Himalayan Expedition 1954 Notes on some birds of Eastern Nepal Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 71 3 456 495 Biswas Biswamoy 1978 Review Field Guide to the Birds of the Eastern Himalayas By Salim Ali pp xvi 263 11 8 18 cm With 37 coloured plates Delhi 1977 Oxford University Press Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75 3 915 916 Biswas Biswamoy 1985 Review Comments on Ripley s A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan Second Edition 1982 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 82 1 126 129 Biswas Biswamoy 1986 Review A Pictorial Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent By Salim Ali amp S Dillon Ripley Pp 117 106 plates 73 in colour 33 monochrome 18 5 cm 24 7 cm with plates by John Henry Dick New Delhi 1983 Bombay Natural History Society amp Oxford University Press Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 83 2 412 414 Biswas Biswamoy 1989 Taxonomic status of Psittacula intermedia Rothschild Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 86 3 448 References edit a b c d e Mayr E 2000 In Memoriam Biswamoy Biswas 1923 1994 The Auk 117 4 1030 PDF Das P K 1992 Obituary Biswamoy Biswas Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 92 398 402 External links edithttp www zoonomen net bio biob html The Birds of Bhutan 1996 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Biswamoy Biswas amp oldid 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