Catalogue of the Passeriformes, Or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 2
Catalogue of the Passeriformes, Or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 2

Author: Henry Seebohm

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780260088963

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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 2: Cichlomorphae; Containing the Family Turdid (Warblers and Thrushes) Wm I undertook to prepare the fifth volume of the Catalogue of Birds, at the request of Dr. Gunther, I hoped to be able, by devoting to it a year's work, to render it as nearly perfect as the present state of our ornithological knowledge would permit. After two years' close application I am obliged to admit that many difficult points have had to be somewhat hurriedly settled for want of time to work them out, or to be left undetermined for want of material upon which to base an Opinion. I must also ask for in dulgence for the errors and omissions which are sure to be found in the voluminous synonymy required to make an index, not only to the nomenclature, but also to the general literature of each species treated of in the volume. I hope, however, that the results of my work are at least worth the labour I have bestowed upon it, and that I have not only removed many difficulties from the study of a group of birds which have hitherto been in a greater confusion than many others, but also smoothed the way towards the solution of some problems which puzzle all ornithological students. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Passeriformes, or perching birds. Tracheophonæ, or the families Dendrocolaptidæ, Formicariidæ, Conopophagidæ, and Pteroptochidæ, by P.L. Sclater. 1890
Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Passeriformes, or perching birds. Tracheophonæ, or the families Dendrocolaptidæ, Formicariidæ, Conopophagidæ, and Pteroptochidæ, by P.L. Sclater. 1890

Author: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology

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Published: 1890

Total Pages: 450

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This enormous undertaking, which, according to one of the prefaces, professes to be a complete list of every bird known at the time of publication, kept growing even as it was being written. The Museum added eagerly to their already vast collections during the decades of publication, acquiring by gift the great collections of A.O. Hume on Asian birds, and those of Sclater and Salvin and Godwin on Neotropical birds, so that the size of the collection nearly tripled between 1874 and 1888. Sharpe originally intended to do all the work himself, but others were called in when this became clearly impossible. The plates are all of birds not previously illustrated. In the decades following its publication this catalogue was universally acclaimed as the most important work on systematic ornithology that has ever been published. (Zimmer, p. 96). And even after one hundred years it remains an essential reference for the serious ornithologist, as it underpins a great deal of modern bird classification. With 387 plates, most hand-coloured lithographs, some chromolithographs, by William Hart, J.G. Keulemans, Joseph and Peter Smit.

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Picariæ. Coraciæ (contin.) and Halcyones, with the families Leptosomatidæ, Coraciidæ, Meropidæ, Alcedinidæ, Momotidæ, Todidæ, and Coliidæ, by R.B. Sharpe. Bucerotes and Trogones, by W.R. Ogilvie Grant. 1892
Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Picariæ. Coraciæ (contin.) and Halcyones, with the families Leptosomatidæ, Coraciidæ, Meropidæ, Alcedinidæ, Momotidæ, Todidæ, and Coliidæ, by R.B. Sharpe. Bucerotes and Trogones, by W.R. Ogilvie Grant. 1892

Author: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology

Publisher:

Published: 1892

Total Pages: 600

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This enormous undertaking, which, according to one of the prefaces, professes to be a complete list of every bird known at the time of publication, kept growing even as it was being written. The Museum added eagerly to their already vast collections during the decades of publication, acquiring by gift the great collections of A.O. Hume on Asian birds, and those of Sclater and Salvin and Godwin on Neotropical birds, so that the size of the collection nearly tripled between 1874 and 1888. Sharpe originally intended to do all the work himself, but others were called in when this became clearly impossible. The plates are all of birds not previously illustrated. In the decades following its publication this catalogue was universally acclaimed as the most important work on systematic ornithology that has ever been published. (Zimmer, p. 96). And even after one hundred years it remains an essential reference for the serious ornithologist, as it underpins a great deal of modern bird classification. With 387 plates, most hand-coloured lithographs, some chromolithographs, by William Hart, J.G. Keulemans, Joseph and Peter Smit.

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Passeriformes, or perching birds. Oligomyodæ, or the families Tyrannidæ, Oxyrhamphidæ, Pipridæ, Cotingidæ, Phytotomidæ, Philepittidæ, Pittidæ Xenicidæ and Eurylæmidæ, by P.L. Sclater. 1888
Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Passeriformes, or perching birds. Oligomyodæ, or the families Tyrannidæ, Oxyrhamphidæ, Pipridæ, Cotingidæ, Phytotomidæ, Philepittidæ, Pittidæ Xenicidæ and Eurylæmidæ, by P.L. Sclater. 1888

Author: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology

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Published: 1888

Total Pages: 584

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This enormous undertaking, which, according to one of the prefaces, professes to be a complete list of every bird known at the time of publication, kept growing even as it was being written. The Museum added eagerly to their already vast collections during the decades of publication, acquiring by gift the great collections of A.O. Hume on Asian birds, and those of Sclater and Salvin and Godwin on Neotropical birds, so that the size of the collection nearly tripled between 1874 and 1888. Sharpe originally intended to do all the work himself, but others were called in when this became clearly impossible. The plates are all of birds not previously illustrated. In the decades following its publication this catalogue was universally acclaimed as the most important work on systematic ornithology that has ever been published. (Zimmer, p. 96). And even after one hundred years it remains an essential reference for the serious ornithologist, as it underpins a great deal of modern bird classification. With 387 plates, most hand-coloured lithographs, some chromolithographs, by William Hart, J.G. Keulemans, Joseph and Peter Smit.