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

Italy

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 ornithologist.

Publications

In 1926 following the introduction of a national game

Game (food)

Game is any animal hunted for food or not normally domesticated. Game animals are also hunted for sport.The type and range of animals hunted for food varies in different parts of the world. This will be influenced by climate, animal diversity, local taste and locally accepted view about what can or...

 law in for Italy in 1923 Oddi wrote a report on bird protection. He is best known as the author of 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

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 and subspecies

Subspecies

Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...

 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

Genera

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 and a bibliography of nearly 1000 titles (articles and books on Italian ornithology; general accounts of the structure of birds, bird migration

Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather. Sometimes, journeys are not termed "true migration" because they are irregular or in only one direction...

, 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.

Partial bibliography

• 1885 - Catalogo della raccolta ornitologica
  Bird collections
  Bird collections are curated repositories of scientific specimens consisting of birds and their parts. They are a research resource for ornithology, the science of birds, and for other scientific disciplines in which information about birds is useful...
  
   Arrigoni Degli Oddi. Stabilimento Prosperini, Padova, 33 pp.
• 1886 - Interessanti osservazioni ornitologiche. Boll. del Naturalista, 6 (11): 146.
• 1886 - Osservazioni sul Germano reale. Boll. del Naturalista, 6 (11): 146-147.
• 1887 - Passo straordinario di uccelli. Boll. del Naturalista, 7 (4): 60-61.
• 1889 - Notizie su alcune catture di uccelli nel 1888. Riv. ital. di Sc. Nat. e Boll. del Naturalista, 9 (8-9): 1-4 (estratto).
• 1892 - La Branta leucopsis nel Veneto. Atti Soc. ital. Sc. Nat., 34 (1): 177-181.
• 1893 - Un ibrido naturale di Anas boscas, Linnaeus e Mareca penelope (Linnaeus) preso nel Veneto. Atti della Società Veneto - Trentina di Scienze Naturali ser. II 1(2): 1-12 (estratto).
• 1894 - Note ornitologiche.- Boll. del Naturalista, 14: 1-2 (estratto).
• 1896 - Le ultime apparizioni dell'Actochelidon sandvicensis (Latham) nel Veneziano. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. Nat., 36: 1-16 (estratto).
• 1896 - Note ornitologiche. Boll. del Naturalista, 16: 1-3 (estratto).
• 1897 - Note ornitologiche per l'anno 1895. Atti della Soc. ital. di Scienze Naturali, 36: 1-8 (estratto)
• 1897 - La recente cattura di un Fenicottero nel Veneziano. Atti della Società italiana di Scienze Naturali, 36: 1-3 (estratto)
• 1898 - Le recenti comparse del Puffinus kuhli (Boie) nel veneziano. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. Nat., 37: 1-5 (estratto).
• 1898 - Notes on some specimens of Anatidae in the late Count Ninni's collection.The Ibis (jan. 1898): 67-74.
• 1900 - Il Budytes citreulus (Pallas) in Italia. Avicula, 4(31-32): 1-2 (estratto).
• 1900 - On the occurrence of Nordmann's Pratincole (Glareola melanoptera) in Italy.The Ibis (gennaio 1900): 60-62.
• 1904 – Manuale di ornitologia italiana. Hoepli, Milano.
• 1908 - Le comparse del Pastor roseus nel Veneto nella primavera del 1908. Avicula, 12: 57-58.
• 1911 - Il passo nelle valli dell' Estuario Veneto. Riv. ital. Orn., 1: 166-169.
• 1912 - with Damiani G
  Giacomo Damiani
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  . Note sopra una raccolta di Uccelli dell'Arcipelago Toscano. Riv. ital. Orn. 1 (I s.): 241-261.
• 1913 - L'Oca collo rosso nel Veneziano. Riv. ital. Orn., 2: 119.
• 1913 - Comparsa di Edredoni. Riv. ital. Orn., 2: 119.
• 1914 - Notizie sulle recenti comparse del Beccofrusone (Ampelis garrulus L.). Riv. ital. Orn., 3: 64-70.
• 1914 - Sul passo degli uccelli nell'autunno 1913. Riv. ital. Orn., 3: 71-79.
• 1914 - Gabbiani inanellati. Riv. ital. Orn., 3: 85.
• 1919 - Note ornitologiche (1917–18). Riv. ital. Orn., 5: 120-123.
• 1924 - Nota sopra un ibrido di Quattr'occhi e di Pesciaiola ucciso nel Veneto. Riv. ital. Orn., 6: 33-34.
• 1925 - Notizie sulla recente comparsa di Beccofrusoni (Ampelis garrulus). Riv. ital. Orn., 7: 22-23.
• 1929 - Ornitologia italiana. Hoepli, Milano, CLI+1046 pp.
• 1931 - Sopra una Cincia ibrida trovata in Italia. Riv. ital. Orn., 1: 1-4.
• 1931 - Sopra gli Uccelli "Inanellati". Riv. ital. Orn., 1: 18-30.
• 1931 - Notizie ed elenco delle catture di uccelli rari o interessanti avvenute in Italia dopo la pubblicazione della mia "Ornitologia Italiana" (1929) o non registrate nella stessa. Riv. ital. Orn., 1: 66-73.

Collections

Oddi’s collection and library are in Museo Civico di Zoologia

Museo Civico di Zoologia

The Museo Civico di Zoologia is a natural history museum in Rome, central Italy. It is situated next to the Bioparc and can be entered by the Zoo or through the entrance on via Ulisse Aldrovandi...

 in Rome where a public gallery is devoted to part his bird collection http://www.museodizoologia.it/coll05.htm..

Other

Oddi was on the Executive Committee of the International Ornithological Congress

International Ornithological Congress

The International Ornithological Congress series forms the oldest and largest international series of meetings of ornithologists. It is organised by the International Ornithological Committee, a group of about 200 ornithologists...

 in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 in 1930.