Charles M. Inglis

Charles McFarlane Inglis FES, FZS (8 November 1870 – 13 February 1954) was a naturalist and curator of the Darjeeling museum in India from 1923 to 1948.

[2] Little is known of Inglis' early life but he gave up an office job in Inverness and moved to India where he worked initially at Roopachera Tea Estate in Hailekandi.

He became interested in birds after a collector working for Allan Octavian Hume showed him a specimen of an oriole.

During this time made studies of birds and collected many specimens of butterflies and dragonflies.

[4][5] His ability to sketch and illustrate birds led to Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher inviting him to produce a series of articles on birds of importance to agriculture in India.