Vig Károly: Zoological Research in Western Hungary. A history (Szombathely, 2003)
30 Historical survey and an authoritative edition did not appear until 1985. 98 A further, expanded edition has appeared recently." The first part of the manuscript covers in detail the useful plants and animals of the Őrség woods and meadows, including their popular names and beliefs and sayings about them. An account of the ornithological information in the work was given by JÓZSEF CSABA (1955a). VINZENZ KOLLÁR (1797-1860), a German zoologist who headed the Zoological Museum in Vienna, travelled in Hungary in 1820 and added several new species of insect to the country's fauna. He started his journeys at Fertő and gave three lectures on zoological subjects to the 8th Grand Assembly of Hungarian Physicians and Natural Scientists, held in Sopron. 100 The importance of Sopron as an intellectual centre of the natural sciences is exemplified by the choice of it as a venue for the 8th Grand Assembly of Hungarian Physicians and Natural Scientists, on August 11-17, 1847. 101 A historical outline and the texts of some of the lectures were edited and published in Pest by GEJZA HALÁSZ in 1863. 102 This included a Description of Sopwn County by JÁNOS SÁNDORFFY (1863). On page 111, in his account of the Regnum Animale, he referred to a manuscript in several volumes by GYÖRGY DRINOCZY, Premonstratensian canon of Csorna, 103 also covering this subject. At the fourth session on August 16, MÁTYÁS MÜLLNER lectured on the 'geographical and natural-history aspects of the vicinity of Sopron'. Several Sopron art collectors and naturalists displayed their collections for the assembly. The most important was the insect collection of Baron FERENC OCSKÓI OCSKAY, with some 200 specimens that included 'notable examples from all parts of the world'. OCSKAY also showed collections of many species of orthopteroid insects, snakes and lizards, and a collection of bird's eggs. ÖZSÉB (EUSEBIUS) VIDÁK presented an insect collection of 3000 specimens, as well as rich bird and bird's-egg collections. Birds were also exhibited by a man called KAYSZRAT. A special section of the exhibition was reserved for 'types of soil and 98 VÖRÖS, О. ed. 1985. Eőrséghnek Leírása... (Description of the Őrség...). Szombathely: Örségi Baráti Kör (Circle of Friends of the Őrség). 99 Eőrséghnek Leírása... (Description of the Őrség...). Sarród: Fertő-Hanság Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, 2003 (2nd enlarged edition). íoo These were on the 'grain-eating moth' Tinea pirophagella (not identifiable by that name, but judging from the description, Sitotroga cerealella), the Egyptian scarabaeid Ateuchus aegyptiorum (- Kheper aegyptiorum), and the gall-inducing wasp Cynips calcis (- Andricus quercus calicis) and origin of the oakapple gall. 101 KELÉNYI, F. 1961. Az első soproni tudós-kongresszus és kiállítás 1847-ben (The first Sopron scientists' congress and exhibition in 1847). Soproni Szemle 15:78-81; NIKOLICS, К. 1998. Természettudományi vándorgyűlések 1847-ben és 1929-ben. Két jelentős konferencia Sopronban (Itinerant scientific meetings in 1847 and 1929. Two important conferences in Sopron). Soproni Szemle 52:158-68. 102 HALÁSZ, G. ed. 1863. A magyar Orvosok és Természetvizsgálók 1847. augusztus 11-17., Sopronban tartott VIII. nagygyűlésének történeti vázlata és munkálatai (Historical Outline and Lectures of the 8th Grand Assembly of Hungarian Physicians and Natural Scientists held on August 11-17, 1847 in Sopron). Pest. 103 Bóngészet Sopron megye ismereteihez 1830-1847 (Browsing Towards a Knowledge of Sopron County, 1830-47). Ms, Sopron.
