Vig Károly: Zoological Research in Western Hungary. A history (Szombathely, 2003)
Phylum Vertebrata 201 1896). 76 He dealt less and less with zoology later in his career. He contributed a lecture to the 10th International Zoological Congress in Budapest in 1927, but he was prevented from attending by illness and it was read for him by HENRIK DORNING. His multiplicity of interests and qualifications is apparent from the fact that he also made linguistic, folk-music and folkart observations during his travels. 77 His son LÁSZLÓ ALMÁSY (1895- 1951) was a famous desert explorer, who filled the last blank spot on the map of the Sahara. 78 ANDRÁS KEVE made extended studies in the bird collections at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, in 1942. These included examining the 715 bird skins collected on GYÖRGY ALMÁSY'S first expedition to Asia. KEVE and the Austrian ornithologist GERTH ROKITANSKY catalogued the collection in Vienna and what remained in the Bird Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. 79 Their publications give details of 215 species or subspecies in the collection and quote the notes on them by GYÖRGY ALMÁSY verbatim. The bird-protection activity of ENDRE PARETITS, a middle-school teacher in Kőszeg, implanted a concern to protect nature and birds in subsequent generations. VIKTOR BÍRÓ and JAKAB BECHTOLD also worked in this field. A study by ISTVÁN AMBRÓZY-MIGAZZI (AMBRÓZY 1916) makes an interesting contribution on the relationship between bird protection and war. A historically interesting piece of Hungarian migration research came from the ringing done by VINCE KARMOSY, parish priest of Kőszegszerdahely. An article was devoted to his findings by ISTVÁN CHERNÉL (1916C). GÉZA DABASY-FROMM (1871-1945) was already a well-known ornithologist before he was posted to Szombathely in 1916. He was a corresponding member of the Hungarian Ornithological Centre and had been elected in 1909 to the executive committee of the Federation of Hungarian Animal Protection Societies. 80 In 1910, he, TITUS CSÖRGEY, OTTÓ HERMAN, GYULA MADARÁSZ and ISTVÁN CHERNÉL represented Hungary at the Fifth International Ornithological Congress in Berlin. Already close relations with CHERNÉL and LAJOS MOLNÁR deepened steadily during 76 Other ornithological works: ALMÁSY, GY. 1896. Ornithologisches und taxidermistisches von der Millenniums-Ausstellung. Ornithologisches Jahrbuch 7:205-27; idem 1897. Einige Schlussworte zu meinem Milleniumberichte. Ibid. 8:103-8; idem 1924. Schmidhoffeni Tschusi Viktor lovag, 1847-1923... (Viktor Tschusi of Schmidhoffen, knight). Aquûa 30-31:363-6 and 367-70. 77 ALMÁSY, GY. 1901. Kara-Kirgiz nyelvészeti jegyzetek (Linguistic notes on Kara-Kirghiz). Keleti Szemle 2:108-22; idem 1902. Centralasien die Urheimath der Turkvölker. Ibid. 3:179-207; idem 1904. A kara-kirgizek ornamentikája (Ornamentation of the Kara-Kirghiz). A Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Néprajzi Osztályának Értesítője 5:165-85 and 213-33; idem 1911. Der Abschied des Helden Manas von seinem Sohne Sémetéj. Keleti Szemle 12:215-23. 78 KUBASSEK, J. 1999. A Szahara bűvöletében. Az „Angol beteg" igaz története - Almásy László hiteles életrajza (Under the Spell of the Sahara. The True-life Story of the 'English Patient' LA), 307 pp. Budapest: Panoráma; STERBETZ, I. 1999. Adatok Almásy László Ede Szahara-kutatásainak állattani vonatkozásaihoz (Data on the zoological aspects of LEA's Sahara explorations). Savaria a Vas megyei Múzeumok Értesítője (1998) 25(2):83-8 + i. 79 KEVE, A., and G. ROKITANSKY 1966. Die Vögel der Almásy-Ausbeute, 1901 und 1906. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 69:225-83. 80 Magyarországi Állatvédő Egyesületek Szövetsége.
