SHEFFLER, William J.
SHEFFLER, William James (1892-1967) [SS#570-24-2872], Indiana-born Los Angeles business man with strong interests in birds and a Life Member of the A.O.U., which he joined in 1928. One of his significant ornithological activities was the accumulation of a large collection of birds' eggs and skins, partly through his personal field activity, but mostly through sponsorship of field collectors and professional ornithologists.
Sheffler died at age 74 on August 25, 1967. He is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles.
Sheffler's oological specimens are now incorporated in the vast holdings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology. His collection of study skins went to the Museum of Zoology of Louisiana State University.
Sheffler collected on:
- San Miguel Island (1933)
Island Collections~
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 10, 1933 | WFVZ-67789 | Eremophila alpestris | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-113654 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-113681 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-113682 | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-184876 | Phalacrocorax penicillatus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-65914 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-65916 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-65933 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-65934 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-65935 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-65936 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-65937 | Phalacrocorax penicillatus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-65938 | Phalacrocorax penicillatus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | W. J. Sheffler | WFVZ | June 11, 1933 | WFVZ-65938 | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | Eggs |
