William Edwin Brooks

William Edwin Brooks (July 30, 1828, near Dublin, Ireland- Jan 18, 1899; Mount Forrest, Ontario) was a civil engineer in India and an ornithologist. He went to India in 1856 as a Civil engineer with the Railways and stayed on until 1881.

After retirement he moved out of India and settled in Ontario, Canada. He was an honorary member of the British Ornithological Union. He corresponded with Alfred Russell Wallace, T. C. Jerdon and Tytler. His vast collection of bird specimens is at the British Museum and during his career in India, he corresponded actively with other ornithologists in the region, notably, Allan Octavian Hume. His third son Allan Brooks, named after Hume, became an ornithologist and artist of repute.

He retired in 1881 and moved to Ontario. In 1887, W. E. Brooks moved his family from Milton, Ontario, to a new farm at Chilliwack, British Columbia. In 1891 he sold the Chilliwack place to return to a new Ontario farm at Mount Forest, in the heart of British Columbia.

Brooks' Leaf Warbler ("Phylloscopus subviridis") is named after him.

Publications

* Brooks, W. E. (1894): A few observations on some species of "Phylloscopus". Ibis 6(22), 261-268.
* Brooks, W. E. (1871): Notes on the ornithology of Cashmir. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1871, 209-210.
* Brooks, W. E. (1871): Description of a new species of ("Abrornis"). Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1871, 248-249.
* Brooks, W. E. (1872): The swans of India. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 187(2), 63-64.
* Brooks, W. E. (1872): On a new Indian ("Sylvia"). Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1872, 66.
* Brooks, W. E. (1872): On a new species of ("Reguloides"). Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1872, 148-150.
* Brooks, W. E. (1872): On the Imperial Eagles of India. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872, 502-504.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): Notes on the ornithology of Cashmir. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 41(2), 73-86.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): On two undescribed Cashmir birds. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 41, 327-329.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): On an undescribed species of ("Lophophanes"). Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 42(2), 57.
* Brooks, W. E. (1874): Some ornithological notes and corrections. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 42(2), 239-253.
* Brooks, W. E. (1874): Notes on the ("Certhiinae") of India. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 42(2), 255-257.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): Notes upon some of the Indian and European Eagles. No. II. Stray Feathers. 1(5), 325-331.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): Notes on some of the Indian Pipits. Stray Feathers. 1(5), 358-360.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): Notes on the Skylarks of India. Stray Feathers. 1(6), 484-487.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): Notes upon some of the Indian and European Eagles. Stray Feathers. 1(2,3&4), 290-294.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): Notes upon some of the Indian and European Eagles, No. III. Stray Feathers. 1(6), 463-464.
* Brooks, W. E. (1875): Notes upon a collection of birds made between Mussoori and Gangaotri in May 1874. Stray Feathers. 3(1,2&3), 224-257.
* Brooks, W. E. (1875): On ("Curruca affinis") and ("Curruca garrula"). Stray Feathers. 3(4), 272-273.
* Brooks, W. E. (1875): Additional notes on birds collected between Mussoori and Gangaotri in May 1874. Stray Feathers. 3(4), 275-278.
* Brooks, W. E. (1875): Notes on a new ("Dumeticola"), and on ("Tribura luteoventris"), Hodgson, and ("Dumeticola affinis"), Hodgson. Stray Feathers. 3(4), 284-287.
* Brooks, W. E. (1875): On ("Drymoips inornatus"), Sykes, and ("Drymoipus longicaudatus"), Tickell. Stray Feathers. 3(4), 295-296.
* Brooks, W. E. (1875): Notes on "The Spotted Eagle," ("Aquila naevia"). Stray Feathers. 3(4), 304-313.
* Brooks, W. E. (1876): Ornithological notes and corrections. Stray Feathers. 4(4,5&6), 268-278.
* Brooks, W. E. (1876): Letters to the Editor. Stray Feathers. 4(1,2&3), 229-230.
* Brooks, W. E. (1877): Observations on ("Falco hendersoni"), Hume. Stray Feathers. 5(1), 48-50.
* Brooks, W. E. (1877): Ornithological notes. Stray Feathers. 5(5&6), 469-472.
* Brooks, W. E. (1878): On an overlooked species of ("Reguloides"). Stray Feathers. 7(1-2), 128-136.
* Brooks, W. E. (1878): Observations on ("Motacilla alba"), Linn., and other Wagtails. Stray Feathers. 7(1-2), 136-142.
* Brooks, W. E. (1878): Further notes on ("Reguloides superciliosus") and ("Reguloides humei"). Stray Feathers. 7(3,4&5), 236-238.
* Brooks, W. E. (1878): Letters to the Editor. Stray Feathers. 7(3,4&5), 468.
* Brooks, W. E. (1879): Further observations on ("Reguloides superciliosus") and ("Reguloides humii"), also on ("Reguloides subviridis") and ("Calliope yeatmani"), Tristram. Stray Feathers. 7(6), 475-478.
* Brooks, W. E. (1879): A few notes on ("Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus"), Swinhoe, and ("Phylloscopus viridanus"), Blyth. Stray Feathers. 7(6), 508-510.
* Brooks, W. E. (1879): Note on ("Horornis fulviventer"), Hodgson. Stray Feathers. 8(2-5), 379-380.
* Brooks, W. E. (1879): Further observations on ("Phylloscopus viridanus") & ("plumbeitarsus"), also on ("Reguloides humii"). Stray Feathers. 8(2-5), 385.
* Brooks, W. E. (1879): Description of another new ("Reguloides"). Stray Feathers. 8(2-5), 389-393.
* Brooks, W. E. (1879): Ornithological observations in Sikhim, the Punjab, and Sind. Stray Feathers. 8(6), 464-489.
* Brooks, W. E. (1880): A few remarks on ("Schoenicola platyura"). Stray Feathers. 9(1,2&3), 209-212.
* Oates,Eugene W; Brooks, W. E. (1880): On a new species of ("Tribura") (("Dumeticola"). Stray Feathers. 9(1,2&3), 220-224.
* Brooks, W. E. (1880): Additional note on ("Alseonax cinereo-alba") or ("latirostris") and ("Alseonax terricolor"). Stray Feathers. 9(1,2&3), 225-226.
* Brooks, W. E. (1880): Note on ("Tribura mandellii"). Stray Feathers. 9(4), 240-241.
* Brooks, W. E. (1880): On an undescribed species of ("Phylloscopus"). Stray Feathers. 9(4), 272-273.
* Brooks, W. E. (1881): ("Dumeticola brunneipectus"), Blyth. Stray Feathers. 9(5&6), 445.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): Notes on ("Aquila naevioides, A. fulvescens") and ("A. vindhiana"). Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal Nov, 173-174.
* Brooks, W. E. (1873): Notes on the Certhiinae of India. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 42(2), 255-257.
* Brooks, W. E. (1875): On an apparently unnamed species of ("Phoenicopterus"). Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal January, 17-18.
* Brooks, W. E. (1877): A few observations on some species of ("Anthus") and ("Budytes"). Ibis, 4 1(2), 206-209.
* Brooks, W. E. (1892): A few remarks on Mr. Oates's "Birds of British India". Ibis, 6 4(13), 59-62.
* Brooks, W. E. (1881): Letters to the Editor. Stray Feathers. 10(1,2&3), 169-171.
* Brooks, W. E. (1872): On a new species of ("Phylloscopus"). Ibis, 3 2, 22-23.
* Brooks, W. E. (1872): On the breeding of ("Reguloides superciliosus, Reguloides proregulus, Reguloides occipitalis") and ("Phylloscopus tytleri"). Ibis, 3 2, 24-31.
* Brooks, W. E. (1874): To the Editor. Stray Feathers. 2(6), 533.

References

* Marjorie Brooks, 1938. Allan Brooks: A Biography. The Condor 40(1):12-17
* Laing, H. M. Allan Brooks 1896-1946. The Auk 64 [http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v064n03/p0430-p0444.pdf Article in the Auk]